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κρείων

kreion

ruler, lord, master

Appears 70 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

κρείων, οντος, ὁ, A. ruler, lord, master, Ep. word, used in Il. mostly of kings and chiefs, esp. of Agamemnon, 1.130, al. (Com. in parody, of Diomedes, Cratin. 68); of gods, ὕπατε κρειόντων, of Zeus, Il. 8.31, etc.; of Poseidon, εὐρὺ κ. ἐνοσίχθων 11.751; as an honorary epithet, κ. Ἐτεωνεύς, of a squire of Menelaus, Od. 4.22:—so fem. κρείουσα (once in Hom.), κρείουσα γυναικῶν, of a concubine of Priam, Il. 22.48; Ἀντιόπη κ. queen Antiope, Hes. Fr. 110.6, cf. Call. Del. 219; Dor. κρείοισα Theoc. 17.132:—after Hom. in the form κρέων, Pi. P. 8.99, N. 3.10, 7.45; of Zeus, A. Supp. 574 (lyr.):—fem. κρέουσα, B. 3.1: hence pr. n. Κρέων, Κρέουσα. (A participial form (κρείειν γὰρ τὸ ἄρχειν ἔλεγον οἱ παλαιοί Artem. 2.12): κρείων may be due to metrical lengthening or represent Κρήων.)
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