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|Definition=[<b class="b3">ῐ], τό</b>, heterocl. pl. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> κρίνεα <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.92</span>; dat. κρίνεσιν <span class="bibl">Cratin. 98</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>911</span>, etc.:—<b class="b2">white lily, Lilium candidum</b>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>6.6.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.11.56</span>, Nic.<span class="title">Fr.</span>74.27, Dsc.3.102; <b class="b3">κ. πορφυροῦν</b> <b class="b2">Turk's cap lily, L. chalcedonicum</b>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>6.6.3</span>, cf. Dsc.l.c.: prov., κρίνου γυμνότερος <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>6.181c</span>: hence, of a needy man, <span class="bibl">Poll.6.197</span>, etc.: symbolic of death, v. [[κολοκύντη]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">Egyptian bean, Nelumbium speciosum</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.92</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> kind of <b class="b2">choral dance</b>, <span class="bibl">Apolloph.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> kind of [[loaf]], <span class="bibl">Ath.3.114f</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b2">architectural ornament</b>, IG11(2).161 <span class="title">A</span>72 (Delos, iii B. C.).</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">white lily</b> (IA.), also name of a dance (Apolloph.; s. Lawler AmJPhil. 65, 75ff.).<br />Other forms: pl. <b class="b3">κρίνεα</b>, <b class="b3">-εσιν</b><br />Compounds: Some compp. as <b class="b3">κριν-άνθεμον</b> [[houseleek]], [[ἡμεροκαλλές]] (Hp., Ps.-Dsc.), <b class="b3">καλαμό-κρινον</b> <b class="b2">kind of κάλαμος, that reminds κρίνον</b> (Aët.; Strömberg Wortstudien 13).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">κρίνινος</b> <b class="b2">of lilies</b> (pap., Gal.), <b class="b3">κρινωτός</b> <b class="b2">ornamented with lilies</b> (Aristeas); <b class="b3">κρινωνιά</b> <b class="b2">bed of lilies</b> (Suid.), [[lily]] (Thphr.); Scheller Oxytonierung 71; cf. also <b class="b3">ἰωνιά</b> (s. <b class="b3">ἴον</b>).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Foreign word; cf. Schrader-Nehring Reallexikon 2, 11. Hehn, Kulturpflanzen 245. - Fur. 245 (unclear).