κριός
krios
ram
Appears 7 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
κριός, ὁ, A. ram, Od. 9.447, 461, 2.42, etc.; κριοὶ ἄγριοι 4.192: prov., κριὸς τροφεῖα ἀπέτεισεν, of ingratitude, because a ram butts at those who have brought him up, 4.63, , ; κριοὺς ἐκγεννᾶν τέκνα 99; κριοῦ διακονία, of thankless service, , ; τὸν κριὸν ὡς ἐπέχθη the ‘shearing of the ram’, in allusion to the ode of Simonides in honour of Crius of Aegina, Nu. 1356. 2. battering-ram, Cyr. 7.4.1, IG 22.468, 1.48.9, 14.1, BJ 3.7.19, etc. 3. the constellation Aries, ap. 1.2.13, Phaen.p.6 M., 238, AJ 3.10.5, etc. II. a seamonster, NA 9.49, 15.2, H. 1.372, 5.33, etc. III. kind of mussel, 36 (κρεῖος cod. A ). IV. volute on the Corinthian capital, twisted like a ramʼs horn, V. kind of ship, 1.83. VI. part of an irrigation-system, dub. sens. in BGU 14iii9 (iii A. D.). VII. a variety of ἐρέβινθος, HP 8.5.1, PCair.Zen. 192.8 (iii B. C.), 2.104, 6.533: misspelt κρεῖος in 8: Lat. cicer arietinum, 35, etc.; est enim arietino capiti simile, HN 18.124. (Prob. cogn. with κέρας.)
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