κράς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=poet. form of [[κάρα]], nom. only Simm.4; gen.<br><span class="bld">A</span> κρᾱτός Il.5.7, al., Trag. (v. infr.); dat. κρᾱτί Od.9.490, S.''OC''313, Ar.''Ra.''329, κράτεσφι Il.10.156; acc. κρᾶτα Od.8.92, Trag. (v. infr.): pl., gen. κράτων Od. 22.309; dat. κρᾱσίν Il.10.152; acc. κρᾶτας E.''Ph.''1149, ''HF''526: gender rarely determinate, [[κρατός]] fem. E.''El.''140 (lyr.), cf. Sch.E.''Hec.'' 432, ''Ph.''1159; [[κρᾶτα]], τό, is nom. in S.''Ph.''1457 (anap.), acc. ib.1001, ''OT''263, cf. ''Tr.''1016 (lyr.); but acc. [[κρᾶτα]], [[τόν]], Ion Trag.61: pl. [[κρᾶτα]], τά, Pi.''Fr.''8, perhaps S.''OC''473:—Hom. also has gen. and dat. [[κράατος]], [[κράατι]], pl. nom. [[κράατα]] [all -uu], but no nom. [[κρᾶας]] is found:—[[head]], ἐκ κράατος ἀθανάτοιο Il.14.177; σῷ δ' αὐτοῦ κράατι τείσεις Od. 22.218, etc.; <b class="b3">ὑπὸ κράτεσφι</b> under his [[head]], Il.10.156: metaph., [[top]], [[peak]], κρατὸς ἀπ' Οὐλύμποιο Il.20.5; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ κρατὸς λιμένος</b> at [[the head]] or [[far end]] of the bay, Od.9.140, 13.102.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Adv. [[κρῆθεν]], used by Hom. in the phrase <b class="b3">κατὰ κρῆθεν</b> [[down from the head]], [[from the top]], <b class="b3">δένδρεα… κατὰ κρῆθεν χέε καρπόν</b> [[from their tops]], Od.11.588, cf. ''h.Cer.'' 182, Hes. ''Th.''574: hence, [[from head to foot]], [[entirely]], Τρῶας δὲ κατὰ κρῆθεν λάβε πένθος Il.16.548 (perhaps for <b class="b3">κατ' ἄκρηθεν</b> = [[κατ' ἄκρης]], v. [[ἄκρα]]); also ἀπὸ κρῆθεν Hes.''Sc.''7.