κραναός

English (LSJ)

ή, όν, poet. word,

   A rocky, rugged, in Hom. always of Ithaca (exc. in Il.3.445 where it is pr. n. of an island), Il.3.201, Od. 1.247, al.; of Delos, Pi.I.1.3; freq. of Athens, Id.O.7.82, etc.: hence as pr. n., Κραναὰ πόλις Athens, Ar.Ach.75; simply αἱ Κρανααί Id.Av.123; ἡ Κραναά of the Acropolis, Id.Lys.481; Κραναοί the people of Attica, Hdt.8.44, Str.9.1.18; παῖδες Κραναοῦ (Cranaos being a mythic king of Athens) A.Eu.1011 (anap.)    2 generally, hard, χέλυς Opp.H.5.396; of a fishing-rod, ῥάβδος κ. ib.4.364.    3 stinging, κ. ἀκαλῆφαι Ar.Fr.560. κρᾰνέα, ἡ, v. κράνεια.