κεράτιον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, ''Dim. of'' [[κέρας]],<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[small horn]], [[Diodorus Siculus|D.S.]]3.73, Arist. ap. Plu.2.977a.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of the [[antennae]] of the [[κάραβος]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''526a7; of the hermit-crab, ib.529a27.<br><span class="bld">3</span> in plural, [[curved ends]] of the womb (cf. [[κεραία]] II.7), ib.510b19.<br><span class="bld">4</span> musical instrument, perhaps [[fife]] or [[clarionet]], [[Diodorus Siculus|D.S.]]29.32, prob. for [[κεραμείου]] in Plb.26.1.4, cf. ib.1a. 2.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[carat]], ''1''/1728 [[of a pound]], Dsc. ap. Gal.19.775, Archig. ap. Aët. 6.37, Hero *Mens.60.21, Just.''Nou.''32.1; = Lat. [[siliqua]], ''OGI''521.27 (Abydos, v/vi A.D.).<br><span class="bld">III</span> = [[κερατωνία]] ([[carob tree]]), Colum.''Arbor.''25.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> v. [[κεράτια]] ([[fruit of the carob-tree]]).