κράσπεδον

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   A edge, border, skirt, esp. of cloth, Theoc.2.53; of the fringe or tassel worn by Jews, Ev.Matt.9.20: mostly in pl., ἄκροισι λαίφους κρασπέδοις (v. ἄκρος 1.2b) E.Med.524; κράσπεδα στεμμάτων Ar. V.475, cf. Diph.43.30; χρυσᾶ κ. Chamael. ap. Ath.9.374a, Chrysipp.Stoic.3.36, 37.    2 metaph., mostly in pl., skirts or edge of a country, S.Fr.602, E.Fr.381; of a mountain, X.HG4.6.8; πρὸς κρασπέδοισι στρατοπέδου on the skirts of the army, E.Supp.661; τοὺς πελταστὰς ἐπὶ τὰ κ. ἑκατέρωθεν καθίστασθαι X.HG3.2.16: also in sg., Τιμολέοντα ὥσπερ ἐκ κ. τινὸς λεπτοῦ τῆς πολίχνης τῇ Σικελίᾳ προσηρτημένον Plu. Tim.11; κ. αἰγιαλοῦ AP7.78 (Dionys. Cyzic.).    3 Medic., affection of the uvula, fimbria, Aret.SA1.8.