κεράτιον

English (LSJ)

τό, Dim. of κέρας,

   A small horn, D.S.3.73, Arist. ap. Plu.2.977a.    2 of the antennae of the κάραβος, Arist.HA526a7; of the hermit-crab, ib.529a27.    3 in pl., curved ends of the womb (cf. κεραία 11.7), ib.510b19.    4 musical instrument, perh. fife or clarionet, D.S.29.32, prob. for κεραμείου in Plb.26.1.4, cf. ib.1a. 2.    II carat, 1/1728 of a pound, Dsc. ap. Gal.19.775, Archig. ap. Aët. 6.37, Hero *Mens.60.21, Just.Nou.32.1; = Lat. siliqua, OGI521.27 (Abydos, v/vi A.D.).    III = κερατωνία, Colum.Arbor.25.    IV v. κεράτια.