ὀρθόκραιρος
σφάγιον ἐπ' ὀλέθρῳ, γυναικεῖον ἀμφικεῖσθαι μόρον → my wife's death, lies upon me, bringing destruction after death | Is it that now there waits in store for me, my own wife's death to crown my misery
English (LSJ)
α, ον,
A with straight or upright horns, epith. of horned cattle, Il.8.231, Od.12.348 ; also of galleys, of which the two ends turned up so as to resemble horns, Il.18.3, 19.344 ; of a mountain range, Πυρήνην -κραιρον AP14.121.5 (Metrod.).—Hom. has it only in poet. gen. pl. fem. ὀρθοκραιράων.
German (Pape)
[Seite 374] mit graden Hörnern; die Rinder, Il. 8, 231. 18, 573 Od. 12, 348; auch Beiwort der Schiffe, mit grade emporstehenden Schnäbeln, mit emporgeschweiftem Vorder- und Hintertheile, Il. 18, 3. 19, 344 (Hom. nur im gen. fem. ὀρθοκραιράων).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὀρθόκραιρος: -α, -ον, ὁ ἔχων ὀρθὰ κέρατα, ἐπίθετ. τῶν κερασφόρων κτηνῶν, Ἰλ. Θ. 231, Ὀδ. Μ. 348· ὡσαύτως ἐπὶ τῶν δύο ἄκρων μακρᾶς νηός, ἅτινα ἦσαν οὕτως ἀνωρθωμένα ὥστε ὡμοίαζον πρὸς κέρατα, Ἰλ. Σ. 3., Τ. 344. - Ὁ Ὅμηρος ἔχει τὴν λέξιν μόνον ἐν τῇ ποιητ. γεν. πληθ. ὀρθοκραιράων. - Καθ’ Ἡσύχ.: «ὀρθοκραιράων· ἐπὶ μὲν τῶν νεῶν, τῶν ὀρθοπρύμνων· ἐπὶ δὲ τῶν βοῶν, τῶν ὀρθοκεράτων».
