κραναός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, poet. word, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[rocky]], [[rugged]], in Hom. always of Ithaca (exc. in <span class="bibl">Il.3.445</span> where it is pr. n. of an island), <span class="bibl">Il.3.201</span>, <span class="bibl">Od. 1.247</span>, al.; of Delos, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>1.3</span>; freq. of Athens, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">O.</span>7.82</span>, etc.: hence as pr. n., <b class="b3">Κραναὰ πόλις</b> Athens, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>75</span>; simply αἱ Κρανααί <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Av.</span>123</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ Κραναά</b> of the Acropolis, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lys.</span>481</span>; <b class="b3">Κραναοί</b> <b class="b2">the people of Attica</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.44</span>, <span class="bibl">Str.9.1.18</span>; <b class="b3">παῖδες Κραναοῦ</b> (Cranaos being a mythic king of Athens) <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>1011</span> (anap.) </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[hard]], χέλυς <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>5.396</span>; of a fishing-rod, <b class="b3">ῥάβδος κ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">4.364</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[stinging]], κ. ἀκαλῆφαι <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>560</span>. κρᾰνέα, ἡ, v. [[κράνεια]].</span>