κρείων: Difference between revisions

|Definition=οντος, ὁ, [[ruler]], [[lord]], [[master]], Ep. word, used in Il. mostly of kings and chiefs, especially of Agamemnon, 1.130, al. (Com. in parody, of Diomedes, Cratin.68); of gods, <b class="b3">ὕπατε κρειόντων</b>, of [[Zeus]], Il.8.31, etc.; of Poseidon, εὐρὺ κ. ἐνοσίχθων 11.751; as an honorary epithet, <b class="b3">κ. Ἐτεωνεύς</b>, of a squire of Menelaus, Od.4.22:—so fem. κρείουσα (once in Hom.), <b class="b3">κρείουσα γυναικῶν</b>, of a concubine of Priam, Il.22.48; <b class="b3">Ἀντιόπη κ.</b> [[queen]] Antiope, Hes.''Fr.''110.6, cf. Call. ''Del.''219; Dor. [[κρείοισα]] Theoc.17.132:—after Hom. in the form κρέων, Pi.''P.''8.99, ''N.''3.10, 7.45; of [[Zeus]], A.''Supp.''574 (lyr.):—fem. κρέουσα, B.3.1: hence pr. n. [[Κρέων]], [[Κρέουσα]]. (A participial form (κρείειν γὰρ τὸ ἄρχειν ἔλεγον οἱ παλαιοί Artem.2.12): [[κρείων]] may be due to metrical lengthening or represent [[Κρήων]].)