κράσπεδον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[edge]], [[border]], [[skirt]], esp. of cloth, <span class="bibl">Theoc.2.53</span>; of the [[fringe]] or [[tassel]] worn by Jews, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>9.20</span>: mostly in pl., <b class="b3">ἄκροισι λαίφους κρασπέδοις</b> (v. ἄκρος <span class="bibl">1.2b</span>) <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>524</span>; κράσπεδα στεμμάτων <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">V.</span>475</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Diph.43.30</span>; χρυσᾶ κ. Chamael. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.9.374a</span>, <span class="bibl">Chrysipp.Stoic.3.36</span>, <span class="bibl">37</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., mostly in pl., [[skirts]] or [[edge]] of a country, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>602</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>381</span>; of a mountain, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>4.6.8</span>; <b class="b3">πρὸς κρασπέδοισι στρατοπέδου</b> on <b class="b2">the skirts</b> of the army, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>661</span>; τοὺς πελταστὰς ἐπὶ τὰ κ. ἑκατέρωθεν καθίστασθαι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>3.2.16</span>: also in sg., Τιμολέοντα ὥσπερ ἐκ κ. τινὸς λεπτοῦ τῆς πολίχνης τῇ Σικελίᾳ προσηρτημένον <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Tim.</span>11</span>; κ. αἰγιαλοῦ <span class="title">AP</span>7.78 (Dionys. Cyzic.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> Medic., <b class="b2">affection of the uvula, fimbria</b>, <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">SA</span>1.8</span>.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">edge, border of a cloth</b>, metaph. of a country, a mountain, also of an army = [[wing of the army]] (S., E., Ar., X., Theoc., NT).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">κρασπεδίτης</b> [[hindmost person in a chorus]] (Plu.; oppos. <b class="b3">κορυφαῖος</b>) and <b class="b3">κρασπεδόομαι</b> <b class="b2">be bordered</b> (E.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Old compound of <b class="b3">κάρα</b> [[head]] in the form <b class="b3">κρασ-</b> with faded <b class="b3">πέδον</b> [[plain]], [[bottom]], cf. Skt. <b class="b2">dru-padá-m</b> <b class="b2">wooden post</b>; the 1. member points to an orig. meaning <b class="b2">upper border</b> (prop. "head-place"?), s. Risch IF 59, 14 with Leumanns note ibd. n. 3. However, Nussbaum, Head and Horn (1986) 71 is very sceptic; there is no indication whatever that it would contain the word for [[head]]. Older lit. in Bq.