κραίνω

κραίνω, Od. 19.567: fut. κρᾰνέω Emp. 111.2; Att. contr. κρᾰνῶ A. Ch. 1075, E. Supp. 375 [κρᾱνῶ in compd. ἐπικρᾱνεῖ A. Ag. 1340 codd., nisi leg. -κράνῃ vel -κραίνει]: aor. ἔκρᾱνα ib.369; Ep. and Ion. ἔκρηνα, inf. κρῆναι, Od. 5.170, Herod. 7.69 (dub.):—Med., fut. inf. in pass. sense κρᾰνέεσθαι Il. 9.626: aor. ἐπ-εκρήναντο Q.S. 14.297:—Pass., fut. κρανθήσομαι A. Pr. 911: aor. ἐκράνθην Pi. P. 4.175, E. Hec. 219: κέκρανται 3sg. pf. Pass., A. Supp. 943, also 3pl., E. Hipp. 1255 (sed leg. συμφορά).—Hom. (v. infr.) mostly uses the Ep. pres. κραιαίνω, impf. ἐκραίαινεν, aor. imper. κρήηνον, κρηήνατε, inf. κρηῆναι: 3sg. pf. Pass. ἐπι-κεκράανται Od. 4.616: plpf. ἐπι-κεκράαντο ib.132: aor. ἐκρᾱάνθην Theoc. 25.196. (Orig. κρᾱαίνω (ἐκράαινεν has Ms. authority in Il. 5.508, ἐπεκράαινε in 2.419, ἐπεκράανε in 3.302; cf. κράανον· τέλεσον Hsch., ἐπικραᾶναι· τῇ κεφαλῇ ἐπινεῦσαι, τελέσαι Id.), contr. κραίνω, κρῆναι, etc. and by distraction κραιαίνω, κρηῆναι, etc.: κρᾱαίνω from κρᾱς -ṇ-yω (κάρα, κράατα) = κεφαλαιόω ‘achieve’.):—A. poet. Verb, accomplish, fulfil, τόδε μοι κρήηνον ἐέλδωρ Il. 1.41, 504, cf. Od. 17.242; οἵ μευ φέρτεροί εἰσι νοῆσαί τε κρῆναί τε better than I both to conceive and accomplish, 5.170; κρῆνον νῦν καὶ ἐμοὶ . . ἔπος ὅττι κεν εἴπω 20.115; καί τε κραίνουσιν ἕκαστα, of the Thriae, h.Merc. 559; ἐπεὶ μούνῳ σοι ἐγὼ κρανέω τάδε πάντα Emp. l. c.; μαντεύματα κ. give true oracles, E. Ion 464 (lyr.); δίκας θνατοῖσι κραίνων B. 12.45; τοῦ δʼ ἐκραίαινεν ἐφετμάς Il. 5.508, cf. Pi. O. 3.11; οἵ ῥʼ ἔτυμα κραίνουσι those dreams come true, Od. 19.567; freq. in A., esp. of Fate, as Pr. 512, al., cf. S. OC 914, Tr. 127 (lyr.), etc.:—Pass., with fut. Med., to be accomplished, brought to pass, οὐ γάρ μοι δοκέει μύθοιο τελευτὴ τῇδέ γʼ ὁδῷ κρανέεσθαι Il. 9.626; πατρὸς δʼ ἀρὰ . . τότʼ ἤδη παντελῶς κρανθήσεται A. Pr. 911, cf. 213; κέκρανται ψῆφος the vote hath been cast, Id. Supp. 943; ψῆφος ἡ κρανθεῖσα E. Hec. 219; λάχη τάδʼ ἐφʼ ἁμὶν ἐκράνθη A. Eu. 347 (lyr.):— for the phrase ἐπὶ χείλεα κεκράαντο, v. ἐπικραίνω; of a person, ἐκράνθην I was perfected (Sch. ἐπετελέσθην), Pi. Pae. 9.34. 2. ordain, A. Ag. 369 (lyr.), E. El. 1248, Supp. 139. II. = τιμᾶν, Hsch.; so perh. in h.Merc. 427 κραίνων ἀθανάτους τε θεοὺς καὶ γαῖαν ἐρεμνήν, ὡς ἐγένοντο (less prob. finishing [the tale of] the gods and earth, how they were made). III. abs., exercise sway, reign, δώδεκα γὰρ κατὰ δῆμον . . ἀρχοὶ κραίνουσι Od. 8.391: c. acc. cogn., κ. σκῆπτρα sway the staff of rule, S. OC 449; θέμιστας Orph. A. 1297. 2. after Hom., c. gen., reign over, govern, στρατοῦ, τῆς χώρας, τῆσδε γῆς, χθονός, S. Aj. 1050, OC 296, 862, 926: in later Ep. c. dat., Orph. A. 475: c. acc., κ. Διὸς οἴκους IG 14.433 (Tauromenium); ἐπὶ σπλῆνα κ., of a vein, dominate, Aret. CA 2.2, cf. CD 1.2. IV. intr., come to an end, result in a thing, ποῖ δῆτα κρανεῖ; A. Ch. 1075 (anap.); of disease, culminate, be at its worst, Aret. SD 2.8, CA 1.1. 2. Medic., of bones, etc., terminate, ὅπῃ κραίνουσι Hp. Art. 45, cf. Aret. SD 1.7, 8; extend, ἀπὸ ἥπατος ἐς νεφρούς Id. CA 2.6.