κρατευταί

English (LSJ)

ῶν, οἱ,

   A stone or metal blocks on which a spit rests, Il.9.214, cf. Sch., Paus.Gr.Fr.236; μολύβδινοι κ. Eup.171, cf. IG22.1425.388 (written κραδευταί ib.1425.415, 1541.20).    2 in Archit., stones which support a pavement, ib.7.3073.105, al.(Lebad.).    3 leaden pigs of specified weight, IG12.371.13.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

κρᾰτευταί: -ῶν, οἱ, αἱ βάσεις, ἐφ’ ὧν οἱ ὀβελοὶ τίθενται πρὸς ὄπτησιν, πάσσε δ’ ἁλὸς θείοιο, κρατευτάων ἐπαείρας, «τῶν βάσεων, ὅ ἐστι τῶν λίθων ἐφ’ ὧν οἱ ὀβελίσκοι τίθενται ὀπτωμένων τῶν κρεῶν» Σχόλ., Ἰλ. Ι. 214, ἔνθα ἴδε Spitzn· μολύβδιναι κρ. Εὔπολ. ἐν «Κόλαξι» 22: ― ὡσαύτως κρᾰτευτήριον, τό, ἢ κρατευτήρια, τά, Πολυδ. Ϛ΄, 89, Ι΄, 97.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ῶν (οἱ) :
sorte de chenets en pierre ou en fer pour soutenir la broche.
Étymologie: κρατέω.

English (Autenrieth)

explained by Aristarchus as head-stones, on which the spits were rested in roasting meat; cf. our ‘fire-dogs,’ ‘andirons.’ Possibly the shape was like the horns (κέρας) on the altar in cut No. 95. Il. 9.214†.