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|Definition=Dor. κράνα <span class="title">IG</span>42(1).121.6 (Epid.), etc.; Aeol. κράννα ib.12(2).103 (Mytil.): ἡ:—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">well, spring, fountain</b>, <b class="b3">μελάνυδρος, καλλιρέεθρος</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.16.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.10.107</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.39</span>,al., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>112c</span>, etc.; opp. <b class="b3">φρέαρ</b> (q.v.), <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.120</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.48</span>; ἐμπλησαμένη τὴν ὑδρίαν . . ἀπὸ κρήνης <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>328</span>; κ. οἴνου <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>707</span>; ὀμνύω . . κράνας καὶ ποταμούς <span class="title">SIG</span> 527.34 (Dreros, iii B. C.): poet. in pl., for <b class="b2">water</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>686</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ant.</span>844</span> (both lyr.); <b class="b3">κρηνῶν ἐπιμελητής</b>, title of official at Athens, <span class="title">IG</span>22.338.11, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>43.1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>758e</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1321b26</span>, <span class="title">OGI</span>483.159 (Pergam.).</span>