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κρατήρ

krater

mixing vessel

Appears 6 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

κρατήρ, Ion.and Ep. κρητήρ, ῆρος, ὁ, (κεράννυμι) A. mixing vessel, esp. bowl, in which wine was mixed with water, κ. ἀργύρεος, χρύσεος, Il. 23.741,219; [κ.] ἀργύρεος ἔστιν ἅπας, χρυσῷ δʼ ἐπὶ χείλεα κεκράανται Od. 4.615; οἶνον δʼ ἐκ κρητῆρος ἀφυσσόμενοι δεπάεσσιν ἔκχεον Il. 3.295, cf. 247; κρητῆρι δὲ οἶνον μίσγον ib.269; κρητῆρα κερασσάμενος Od. 7.179, 13.50; οἶνον ἔμισγον ἐνὶ κρητῆρσι καὶ ὕδωρ 1.110, cf.Sapph. 51, Alc. 45, S. OC 159 (lyr.), Ar. Ec. 841; κρατῆρα κεράσαι Orac. ap. D. 21.53, cf. Th. 6.32; κρητῆρα καὶ ὑποκρητήριον SIG 2 (Sigeum, vi B.C.); πίνοντες κρητῆρας drinking bowls of wine, Il. 8.232; κρητῆρα στήσασθαι ἐλεύθερον to set up a bowl of wine to be drunk in honour of the deliverance 6.528, cf. Od. 2.431; κρητῆρα ἐπιστέψασθαι ποτοῖο, v. ἐπιστέφω; κρατῆρος μέρος μετασχεῖν A. Ch. 291; σπονδὴ τρίτου κρατῆρος S. Fr. 425. 2. metaph., κ. ἀοιδᾶν, of the messenger who bears an ode, Pi. O. 6.91; κ. κακῶν, of a sycophant, Ar. Ach. 937 (lyr.); τοσόνδε κρατῆρʼ ἐν δόμοις κακων πλήσας . . ἐκπίνει A. Ag. 1397; αἵματος κρατῆρα πολιτικοῦ στῆσαι, of civil war, D.H. 7.44. 3. a constellation, the Cup, Ptol. Tetr. 27. II. any cup-shaped hollow, basin in a rock, S. OC 1593, cf. Pl. Phd. 111d. 2. mouth of a volcano, crater, Arist. Mu. 400a33 (pl.), Plb. 34.11.12 (pl.), Luc. Trag. 23.
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