κρήδεμνον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. [[κράδεμνον]], τό, ([[κράς]], [[δέω]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> woman's [[headdress]] or [[veil]], a kind of [[mantilla]], <b class="b3">κ. ὅ ῥά οἱ</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[Ἀνδρομάχῃ]]) δῶκε χρυσέη Ἀφροδίτη <span class="bibl">Il.22.470</span>; κρηδέμνῳ δ' ἐφύπερθε καλύψατο δῖα θεάων <span class="bibl">14.184</span>: pl., [Πηνελόπεια] ἄντα παρειάων σχομένη λιπαρὰ κ. <span class="bibl">Od.1.334</span>; δμῳαί τε καὶ αὐτή,… ἀπὸ κ. βαλοῦσαι <span class="bibl">6.100</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1490</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> metaph. in plural, [[battlement]]s which [[crown]] a city's walls, Τροίης ἱερὰ κ. <span class="bibl">Il.16.100</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.13.388</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span>151</span>, B.<span class="title">Fr.</span>16.7; πέτρινα κ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>508</span>: sg., Θήβης κρήδεμνον <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>105</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[cover]], [[lid]] of a [[wine]]-[[jar]], <span class="bibl">Od.3.392</span>.</span>