κράσπεδον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[edge]], [[border]], [[skirt]], especially 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 plural, <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"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., mostly in plural, [[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 [[the skirts]] 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"><span class="bld">3</span> Medic., [[affection of the uvula]], [[fimbria]], <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">SA</span>1.8</span>.</span>