κεράτιον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, Dim. of [[κέρας]], <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[small horn]], <span class="bibl">D.S.3.73</span>, Arist. ap. Plu.2.977a. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of the [[antennae]] of the [[κάραβος]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>526a7</span>; of the hermit-crab, ib.<span class="bibl">529a27</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> in pl., [[curved ends]] of the womb (cf. κεραία <span class="bibl">11.7</span>), ib.<span class="bibl">510b19</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> musical instrument, perh. [[fife]] or [[clarionet]], <span class="bibl">D.S.29.32</span>, prob. for [[κεραμείου]] in <span class="bibl">Plb.26.1.4</span>, cf. ib.<span class="bibl">1a</span>. <span class="bibl">2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[carat]], ''1''/<span class="bibl">1728</span> [[of a pound]], Dsc. ap. Gal.19.775, Archig. ap. <span class="bibl">Aët. 6.37</span>, Hero *Mens.60.21, Just.<span class="title">Nou.</span>32.1; = Lat. [[siliqua]], <span class="title">OGI</span>521.27 (Abydos, v/vi A.D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> = [[κερατωνία]], Colum.<span class="title">Arbor.</span>25. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> v. [[κεράτια]].</span>