κρήδεμνον

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πικρὸν με ἀπαιτεῖς ἐνοίκιον → you ask too much of me, you demand a bitter rent from me

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Full diacritics: κρήδεμνον Medium diacritics: κρήδεμνον Low diacritics: κρήδεμνον Capitals: ΚΡΗΔΕΜΝΟΝ
Transliteration A: krḗdemnon Transliteration B: krēdemnon Transliteration C: kridemnon Beta Code: krh/demnon

English (LSJ)

Dor. κρᾱδ-, τό, (κράς, δέω)

   A woman's head-dress or veil, a kind of mantilla, κ. ὅ ῥά οἱ (sc. Ἀνδρομάχῃ) δῶκε χρυσέη Ἀφροδίτη Il.22.470; κρηδέμνῳ δ' ἐφύπερθε καλύψατο δῖα θεάων 14.184: pl., [Πηνελόπεια] ἄντα παρειάων σχομένη λιπαρὰ κ. Od.1.334; δμῳαί τε καὶ αὐτή, . . ἀπὸ κ. βαλοῦσαι 6.100, cf. E.Ph.1490 (lyr.).    II metaph. in pl., battlements which crown a city's walls, Τροίης ἱερὰ κ. Il.16.100, cf. Od.13.388, h.Cer.151, B.Fr.16.7; πέτρινα κ. E.Tr.508: sg., Θήβης κρήδεμνον Hes.Sc.105.    2 cover, lid of a wine-jar, Od.3.392.