γραῖα
Πολλοῖς ὁ Δαίμων, οὐ κατ' εὔνοιαν φέρων, / Μεγάλα δίδωσιν εὐτυχήματ' ... (Euripides) → God brings great good fortune to many, not out of good will,...
English (LSJ)
late Poet. nom. γραίη, Dor. γραία (only gen. sg. in Hom.), ἡ,
A old woman, Od.1.438, S.Tr.870, E.Tr.465, al.: as Adj., γραῖαι δαίμονες, of the Eumenides, A.Eu.150 (lyr.), cf. 69. 2 as Adj., of things, old, γραίας ἐρείκης Id.Ag.295; γραίας ἀκάνθης S.Fr.868; γραῖαν ὠλένην E.Ion1213; γραίᾳ χερί Id.Hec.877; γραιᾶν πηρᾶν Theoc.15.19; σταφυλὴ γραίη raisins, AP6.231 (Phil.). 3 Γραῖαι, αἱ, the Graiae, with hair grey from their birth, Hes.Th.270, prob. in A.Fr.262. II = γραῦς 11, scum or skin which forms over boiled milk, etc., Arist.Pr.893b32. III folds of skin below the navel, Ruf. Onom.99, Poll.2.170. IV = γραῦς 111, sea-crab, Epich.61. V = κάρδοπος, Hsch.
