κραίνω

English (LSJ)

Od.19.567: fut.

   A κρᾰνέω Emp.111.2; Att. contr. κρᾰνῶ A.Ch. 1075, E. Supp.375 [κρᾱνῶ in compd. ἐπικρᾱνεῖ A.Ag.1340 codd., nisi leg. -κράνῃ vel -κραίνει]: aor. ἔκρᾱνα ib.369; Ep. and Ion. ἔκρηνα, inf. κρῆναι, Od.5.170, Herod.7.69 (dub.):—Med., fut. inf. in pass. sense κρᾰνέεσθαι Il.9.626: aor. ἐπ-εκρήναντο Q.S.14.297:—Pass., fut. κρανθήσομαι A.Pr.911: aor. ἐκράνθην Pi.P.4.175, E.Hec.219: κέκρανται 3sg. pf. Pass., A.Supp.943, also 3pl., E.Hipp. 1255 (sed leg. συμφορά).—Hom. (v. infr.) mostly uses the Ep. pres. κραιαίνω, impf. ἐκραίαινεν, aor. imper. κρήηνον, κρηήνατε, inf. κρηῆναι: 3sg. pf. Pass. ἐπι-κεκράανται Od.4.616: plpf. ἐπι-κεκράαντο ib.132: aor. ἐκρᾱάνθην Theoc.25.196. (Orig. κρᾱαίνω (ἐκράαινεν has Ms. authority in Il.5.508, ἐπεκράαινε in 2.419, ἐπεκράανε in 3.302; cf. κράανον· τέλεσον Hsch., ἐπικραᾶναι· τῇ κεφαλῇ ἐπινεῦσαι, τελέσαι Id.), contr. κραίνω, κρῆναι, etc. and by distraction κραιαίνω, κρηῆναι, etc.: κρᾱαίνω from κρᾱς -ṇ-yω (κάρα, κράατα) = κεφαλαιόω 'achieve'.):—poet. Verb, accomplish, fulfil, τόδε μοι κρήηνον ἐέλδωρ Il.1.41, 504, cf. Od.17.242; οἵ μευ φέρτεροί εἰσι νοῆσαί τε κρῆναί τε better than I both to conceive and accomplish, 5.170; κρῆνον νῦν καὶ ἐμοὶ . . ἔπος ὅττι κεν εἴπω 20.115; καί τε κραίνουσιν ἕκαστα, of the Thriae, h.Merc.559; ἐπεὶ μούνῳ σοι ἐγὼ κρανέω τάδε πάντα Emp. l. c.; μαντεύματα κ. give true oracles, E.Ion 464 (lyr.); δίκας θνατοῖσι κραίνων B.12.45; τοῦ δ' ἐκραίαινεν ἐφετμάς Il.5.508, cf. Pi.O.3.11; οἵ ῥ' ἔτυμα κραίνουσι those dreams come true, Od.19.567; freq. in A., esp. of Fate, as Pr.512, al., cf. S.OC914, Tr. 127 (lyr.), etc.:—Pass., with fut. Med., to be accomplished, brought to pass, οὐ γάρ μοι δοκέει μύθοιο τελευτὴ τῇδέ γ' ὁδῷ κρανέεσθαι Il. 9.626; πατρὸς δ' ἀρὰ . . τότ' ἤδη παντελῶς κρανθήσεται A.Pr.911, cf. 213; κέκρανται ψῆφος the vote hath been cast, Id.Supp.943; ψῆφος ἡ κρανθεῖσα E.Hec.219; λάχη τάδ' ἐφ' ἁμὶν ἐκράνθη A.Eu.347 (lyr.):— for the phrase ἐπὶ χείλεα κεκράαντο, v. ἐπικραίνω; of a person, ἐκράνθην I was perfected (Sch. ἐπετελέσθην), Pi.Pae.9.34.    2 ordain, A.Ag.369 (lyr.), E.El.1248, Supp.139.    II = τιμᾶν, Hsch.; so perh. in h.Merc.427 κραίνων ἀθανάτους τε θεοὺς καὶ γαῖαν ἐρεμνήν, ὡς ἐγένοντο (less prob. finishing [the tale of] the gods and earth, how they were made).    III abs., exercise sway, reign, δώδεκα γὰρ κατὰ δῆμον . . ἀρχοὶ κραίνουσι Od.8.391: c. acc. cogn., κ. σκῆπτρα sway the staff of rule, S.OC449; θέμιστας Orph.A.1297.    2 after Hom., c. gen., reign over, govern, στρατοῦ, τῆς χώρας, τῆσδε γῆς, χθονός, S. Aj.1050, OC296, 862, 926: in later Ep. c. dat., Orph. A.475: c. acc., κ. Διὸς οἴκους IG14.433 (Tauromenium); ἐπὶ σπλῆνα κ., of a vein, dominate, Aret.CA2.2, cf. CD1.2.    IV intr., come to an end, result in a thing, ποῖ δῆτα κρανεῖ; A.Ch.1075 (anap.); of disease, culminate, be at its worst, Aret.SD2.8, CA1.1.    2 Medic., of bones, etc., terminate, ὅπῃ κραίνουσι Hp.Art.45, cf. Aret.SD1.7, 8; extend, ἀπὸ ἥπατος ἐς νεφρούς Id.CA2.6.