κρήδεμνον

kredemnon

womanʼs head-dress

Appears 14 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 11
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Book 1 1
Chapter ?

1334
Book 3 1
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3392
Book 5 4
Chapter ?

5346
5351
5373
5459
Book 6 1
Chapter ?

6100
Book 13 1
Chapter ?

13388
Book 16 1
Chapter ?

16416
Book 18 1
Chapter ?

18210
Book 21 1
Chapter ?

2165
Iliad 3
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Book 14 1
Chapter ?

14184
Book 16 1
Chapter ?

16100
Book 22 1
Chapter ?

22470

Dictionary (LSJ)

κρήδεμνον, Dor. κρᾱδ-, τό, (κράς, δέω) A. womanʼs head-dress or veil, a kind of mantilla, κ. ὅ ῥά οἱ (sc. Ἀνδρομάχῃ) δῶκε χρυσέη Ἀφροδίτη Il. 22.470; κρηδέμνῳ δʼ ἐφύπερθε καλύψατο δῖα θεάων 14.184: pl., [Πηνελόπεια] ἄντα παρειάων σχομένη λιπαρὰ κ. Od. 1.334; δμῳαί τε καὶ αὐτή, . . ἀπὸ κ. βαλοῦσαι 6.100, cf. E. Ph. 1490 (lyr.). II. metaph. in pl., battlements which crown a cityʼs walls, Τροίης ἱερὰ κ. Il. 16.100, cf. Od. 13.388, h.Cer. 151, B. Fr. 16.7; πέτρινα κ. E. Tr. 508: sg., Θήβης κρήδεμνον Hes. Sc. 105. 2. cover, lid of a wine-jar, Od. 3.392.

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