κρατερός
krateros
strong, stout, mighty
Appears 164 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
κρατερός, ά, όν, Ep. form of καρτερός, A. strong, stout, mighty, in mostly of bodily strength, κρατερός περ ἐὼν καὶ χερσὶ πεποιθώς Il. 16.624, cf. 6.97, I. 5(4).31, etc.; epith. of Ares, Il. 2.515; of lions, Od. 4.335; χεῖρες ib.288, P. 11.18: with collat. notion of stern, harsh, of Hades, Il. 13.415, cf. 21.566. 2. of things, conditions, etc., mighty, fierce, κ. ὑσμίνας 2.345; ἀνάγκη 6.458; κρατερῆφι βίηφιν 21.501; σθένος 17.40; πάλα 10.20; βέλος, τόξον, Il. 5.104, 8.279; βιός Od. 24.170; δεσμός, δεσμοί, Il. 5.386, Od. 8.336; hard, χῶρος h.Merc. 354; σίδηρος ὅπερ κρατερώτατός ἐστιν Th. 864. 3. of passions, etc., strong, vehement, λύσσα Il. 9.239; ἔρις 13.358; μένος 7.38; πένθος 11.249; ἄλγεα Od. 15.232: of acts and words, κ. ἀμφίβασις Il. 5.623; κ. μῦθος a harsh, rough speech, 1.25; μῦθον ἀπηνέα τε κ. τε 15.202. II. Adv. -ρῶς strongly, stoutly, μάχεσθαι 12.152; ἑστάμεναι 15.666; ἔχεσθαι 16.501, 17.559; νεμεσᾶν 13.16; κὰδ δʼ ἔβαλε κ. dashed roughly to earth, Od. 4.344; κ. ἀγόρευσεν, ἀπέειπεν, sternly, Il. 8.29, 9.431; in Prose, Anon ap. 4.31.34.—Once in Trag., κ. γυιοπέδαι Pr. 168 (anap.); elsewh. καρτερός. (κορτερά· κρατερά, ἰσχυρά, , is prob. Aeol.)
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