κράς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=poet. form of <b class="b3">κάρα</b>, nom. only Simm.4; gen. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> κρᾱτός <span class="bibl">Il.5.7</span>, al., Trag. (v. infr.); dat. κρᾱτί <span class="bibl">Od.9.490</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>313</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>329</span>, κράτεσφι <span class="bibl">Il.10.156</span>; acc. κρᾶτα <span class="bibl">Od.8.92</span>, Trag. (v. infr.): pl., gen. κράτων <span class="bibl">Od. 22.309</span>; dat. κρᾱσίν <span class="bibl">Il.10.152</span>; acc. κρᾶτας <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1149</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HF</span>526</span>: gender rarely determinate, <b class="b3">κρατός</b> fem. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>140</span> (lyr.), cf. Sch.<span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span> 432</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>1159</span>; <b class="b3">κρᾶτα, τό</b>, is nom. in <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1457</span> (anap.), acc. ib.<span class="bibl">1001</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OT</span>263</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tr.</span>1016</span> (lyr.); but acc. <b class="b3">κρᾶτα, τόν</b>, Ion Trag.<span class="bibl">61</span>: pl. <b class="b3">κρᾶτα, τά</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>8</span>, perh. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>473</span>:—Hom. also has gen. and dat. <b class="b3">κράατος, κράατι</b>, pl. nom. <b class="b3">κράατα</b> [all -uu], but no nom. <b class="b3">κρᾶας</b> is found:— [[head]], ἐκ κράατος ἀθανάτοιο <span class="bibl">Il.14.177</span>; σῷ δ' αὐτοῦ κράατι τείσεις <span class="bibl">Od. 22.218</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ὑπὸ κράτεσφι</b> under his [[head]], <span class="bibl">Il.10.156</span>: metaph., [[top]], [[peak]], κρατὸς ἀπ' Οὐλύμποιο <span class="bibl">Il.20.5</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ κρατὸς λιμένος</b> at [[the head]] or [[far end]] of the bay, <span class="bibl">Od.9.140</span>, <span class="bibl">13.102</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Adv. <b class="b3">κρῆθεν</b>, used by Hom. in the phrase <b class="b3">κατὰ κρῆθεν</b> <b class="b2">down from the head, from the top</b>, <b class="b3">δένδρεα… κατὰ κρῆθεν χέε καρπόν</b> [[from their tops]], <span class="bibl">Od.11.588</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span> 182</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Th.</span>574</span>: hence, <b class="b2">from head to foot, entirely</b>, Τρῶας δὲ κατὰ κρῆθεν λάβε πένθος <span class="bibl">Il.16.548</span> (perh. for <b class="b3">κατ' ἄκρηθεν</b> = [[κατ' ἄκρης]], v. [[ἄκρα]]); also ἀπὸ κρῆθεν <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>7</span>.</span>