κράνος
Πάντα ταῦτα ἐπείρασα ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ: εἶπα Σοφισθήσομαι, καὶ αὐτὴ ἐμακρύνθη ἀπ' ἐμοῦ· κτλ. (Εcclesiastes 7:23f., LXX version) → I tried to give proof in wisdom of all those things; I said, I will be wise, but that wisdom was far from me ...
English (LSJ)
(A) [ᾰ], εος, τό,
A helmet, Hdt.1.171, 4.180, al., A.Th.385, E. El.470 (lyr.), Ar.Ach.584, 1103, X.Cyr.6.1.51, IG12.278.49, Plu.2. 789d, Jul.Or.2.53b. 2 metaph., τὸ δὲ τοῦδε κ. ὁ κοινὸς ἀήρ Aret. SD2.6. II ship's ram, Tim. Pers.21. (The ᾰ shows that it is akin to κρᾰναός (hard), rather than to κρᾱνίον.)
κράνος (B) [ᾰ], ου, ἡ, later form for κράνον, Gp.7.35.1. 2 rod of cherry-wood, PTeb.39.31 (ii B. C.); χιτῶνί καὶ κράνῳ καὶ πιλίῳ ib.230 (ii B. C.) (here perh. = κράνος A).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κράνος: ᾰ, εως, τό, περικεφαλαία, Ἡρόδ. 1. 171., 4. 180, κ. ἀλλ., Αἰσχ. Θήβ. 385, Εὐρ. Ἠλ. 470, Ἀριστοφ. Ἀχ. 584, 1104, Ξεν. Κύρ. 6. 1, 51. ΙΙ. σκέπασμα τῆς κλίνης, Ἀρετ. π. Αἰτ. Χρον. Παθ. 2. 6. (Τὸ ᾰ δεικνύει ὅτι πρέπει νὰ εἶναι συγγενὲς τῷ κρᾰναὸς (σκληρός), μᾶλλον ἢ τῷ κάρα, κρᾱνίον).
