κραταιός

English (LSJ)

ά, όν, poet. form of κρατερός,

   A strong, mighty, μοῖρα κραταιή Il.16.334, etc.; of men, Od.15.242, 18.382, Pi.N.4.25, B.17.18; of a lion, κραταιοῦ θηρὸς ὑφ' ὁρμῆς Il.11.119; ἔγχος Pi.P.6.34; κ. ἔπος word of power, ib.2.81; σθένος κ. A.Pr.428 (lyr.); κ. μετὰ χερσίν S.Ph.1110 (lyr.); κραταιᾶς χειρός E. HF964; κραταιῷ . . βραχίονι Trag.Adesp.416; ἔχει χεῖρα κραταιάν Cratin.Jun.8.4 (hex.); χεῖρα κραταιοτέρην AP11.324 (Autom.); fierce, κ. καύματος ὥρᾳ Poet. ap. Callistr. ap.Ath.3.125c: freq. in later Prose, κ. λίθος hard stone, Ph.Bel.80.22, Supp.Epigr.2.829 (Damascus, iii A. D.); ἐν χειρὶ κ. with a mighty hand, LXX Ex.13.3, al.; κ. ἀγών Plb.2.69.8; τόξα κ. Plu.Crass.24; ἐπὶ τὸ κ. Luc.Anach.28: Comp., Ph.1.14: Sup., Id.2.383; esp. in magical and mystical writings, ἐν φωτὶ κ. καὶ ἀφθάρτῳ PMag.Lond. 121.563; θεοὶ κ. ib.422; οἱ κ. the Mighty Ones, lamb.Myst.8.4, Dam. Pr.351: Astrol., κ. ἡγεμόνες, divinities presiding over certain periods of the month, Porph. ap. Eus.PE3.4; ἀστέρες, ζῴδιον, Cat.Cod.Astr. 8(4).227; also ὁ κ. [μηνὸς Φαρμοῦθι] POxy.465 i 12 (ii A. D.): c. gen., ruling over, ὦ τῶν πάντων ζώντων τε καὶ τεθνηκότων κραταιοί PMag. Leid.V. 7.8; ὁ μέγιστος κ. θεὸς Σοκνοπαῖος Wilcken Chr.122.1 (i A. D.). Adv. -ῶς LXX Jd.8.1, Ph.1.276, Pap.in Arch.f.Religionswiss.18.259 (iii A. D.).