κρηπίς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=κρηπῖδος, ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[man's high boot]] (cf. ''AB''273), [[half-boot]], Hegem. ''Parod.''4, X.''Eq.''12.10, [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Characters|Char.]]''2.7 (dub.): distinguishedfrom [[ὑποδήματα]], Aristocl.Hist.8; [[κρηπῖδες λευκαί]], a mark of effeminacy, Timae.82.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[κρηπῖδες]] = [[soldiers' boots]], i.e. [[soldiers]] themselves, Theoc.15.6.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[shoe-shaped cake]], Poll.6.77.<br><span class="bld">II</span> generally, [[groundwork]], [[foundation]], [[basement]] of a building or altar, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.93, S.''Tr.''993(anap.), E.''Ion''38(pl.), ''HF''985, X.''An.''3.4.7, ''IG''12.372.67; [[κ. καὶ στυλοβάτας]] ib.42(1).102.7 (Epid.); τύμβου 'πὶ κρηπῖδ' E.''Hel.''547: metaph., βάλλεσθαι κρηπῖδα σοφῶν ἐπέων Pi.''P.''4.138; [[κρηπῖδ' ἀοιδᾶν ἵπποισι βαλέσθαι]] ib.7.3; ἐβάλοντο φαεννὰν κρηπῖδ' ἐλευθερίας Id.''Fr.''77; κ. γένους E.''HF''1261; ἡ ἐγκράτεια ἀρετῆς κρηπὶς [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''1.5.4, cf. Onos.4.4: [[οὐδέπω κακῶν κρηπὶς ὕπεστιν]] = [[we have not yet got to the bottom of misery]], A.''Pers.''815; [[κρηπῖδα θαλάσσης]] = [[bottom of the sea]] Opp.''H.''3.453, 5.48; [[κρηπὶς καὶ ἕδρα νόσου]] = [[foundation and seat of disease]], Max.Tyr.13.7.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[walled edge]] of a river or canal, [[quay]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.185,2.170, Plb.5.37.8, ''PTeb.''382.9 (i B. C.); [[abutment]] of a [[bridge]], ''Epigr.Gr.''1078.3 (Adana); [[tier]]s of [[seat]]s in a [[theatre]], ''IG''11(2).203 ''A'' 95 (Delos, iii B. C.).<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[oxtongue]], [[ox-tongue]], [[Helminthotheca echioides]], [[Helminthia echioides]], [[Theophrastus]] ''HP''7.8.3, Plin.''HN''21.99.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> a bandage, Sor.''Fasc.''59.