κραταιός

κραταιός, ά, όν, poet. form of κρατερός, A. strong, mighty, μοῖρα κραταιή Il. 16.334, etc.; of men, Od. 15.242, 18.382, Pi. N. 4.25, B. 17.18; of a lion, κραταιοῦ θηρὸς ὑφʼ ὁρμῆς Il. 11.119; ἔγχος Pi. P. 6.34; κ. ἔπος word of power, ib.2.81; σθένος κ. A. Pr. 428 (lyr.); κ. μετὰ χερσίν S. Ph. 1110 (lyr.); κραταιᾶς χειρός E. HF 964; κραταιῷ . . βραχίονι Trag.Adesp. 416; ἔχει χεῖρα κραταιάν Cratin.Jun. 8.4 (hex.); χεῖρα κραταιοτέρην AP 11.324 (Autom.); fierce, κ. καύματος ὥρᾳ Poet. ap. Callistr. ap.Ath. 3.125c: freq. in later Prose, κ. λίθος hard stone, Ph. Bel. 80.22, Supp.Epigr. 2.829 (Damascus, iii A. D.); ἐν χειρὶ κ. with a mighty hand, LXX Ex. 13.3, al.; κ. ἀγών Plb. 2.69.8; τόξα κ. Plu. Crass. 24; ἐπὶ τὸ κ. Luc. Anach. 28: Comp., Ph. 1.14: Sup., Id. 2.383; esp. in magical and mystical writings, ἐν φωτὶ κ. καὶ ἀφθάρτῳ PMag.Lond. 121.563; θεοὶ κ. ib.422; οἱ κ. the Mighty Ones, lamb.Myst. 8.4, Dam. Pr. 351: Astrol., κ. ἡγεμόνες, divinities presiding over certain periods of the month, Porph. ap. Eus. PE 3.4; ἀστέρες, ζῴδιον, Cat.Cod.Astr. 8(4).227; also ὁ κ. [μηνὸς Φαρμοῦθι] POxy. 465 i 12 (ii A. D.): c. gen., ruling over, ὦ τῶν πάντων ζώντων τε καὶ τεθνηκότων κραταιοί PMag. Leid.V. 7.8; ὁ μέγιστος κ. θεὸς Σοκνοπαῖος Wilcken Chr. 122.1 (i A. D.). Adv. -ῶς LXX Jd. 8.1, Ph. 1.276, Pap. in Arch.f.Religionswiss. 18.259 (iii A. D.).