κραταιίς

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οὐ καταισχυνῶ τὰ ὅπλα τὰ ἱερά → I will never bring reproach upon my hallowed arms

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Full diacritics: κρᾰταιίς Medium diacritics: κραταιίς Low diacritics: κραταιίς Capitals: ΚΡΑΤΑΙΙΣ
Transliteration A: krataiís Transliteration B: krataiis Transliteration C: krataiis Beta Code: krataii/s

English (LSJ)

ἡ, (κρατύς) of the stone of Sisyphus, ὅτε μέλλοι ἄκρον ὑπερβαλέειν, τότ' ἀποστρέψασκε κραταιίς when it was just about to surmount the top, then did

   A mighty weight turn it back, dub. in Od.11.597 (taken as Adv., violently, by Aristarch.; as κράται' ἴς (where κράταια may be an old fem. of κρατύς like *πλάταια (cf. Skt. pṛthivī), pl. Πλαταιαί, fem. of πλατύς) by Ptol.Asc. ap. Hdn.Gr.2.153).    II (proparox.) as pr.n., the Mighty one, name of the mother of Scylla, Od.12.124.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

κρᾰταιίς: ἡ, (κράτος) μόνον ἐν Ὀδ. Λ. 597, ἐπὶ τοῦ λίθου τοῦ Σισύφου, ― ὅτε μέλλοι ἄκρον ὑπερβαλέειν, τότ’ ἀποστρέψασκε κραταιὶς αὖτις, ὅτε ἔμελλε νὰ ὑπερβῇ τὴν κορυφήν, τότε ἰσχυρὸν βάρος ἢ ἀκαταμάχητος δύναμις ἔστρεφε τὸν λίθον ὀπίσω· ― λίαν ἀμφίβολος λέξις. Ὁ Ἀρίσταρχ. ἐθεώρει αὐτὴν ὡς ἐπίρρ. = κραταιῶς (ἐκλαμβάνων τὸ ἀποστρέψασκε ὡς ἀμετάβ.), ὁρμητικῶς ἐκυλίετο ὀπίσω· ἕτεροι θεωροῦσιν αὐτὸ ὡς κύρ. ὄνομα, ἴδε σημασ. ΙΙ. ΙΙ. Κρᾰταιίς, ὡς κύρ. ὄνομα, ἡ Ἰσχυρά, ὄνομα τῆς μητρὸς τῆς Σκύλλης, Ὀδ. Μ. 124.