κραταιίς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, (κρατύς) of the stone of Sisyphus, <b class="b3">ὅτε μέλλοι ἄκρον ὑπερβαλέειν, τότ' ἀποστρέψασκε κραταιίς</b> when it was just about to surmount the top, then did <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[mighty weight]] turn it back, dub. in <span class="bibl">Od.11.597</span> (taken as Adv., [[violently]], by Aristarch.; as <b class="b3">κράται' ἴς</b> (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.<span class="bibl">2.153</span>). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> (proparox.) as pr.n., [[the Mighty]] one, name of the mother of Scylla, <span class="bibl">Od.12.124</span>.</span>