κραίνω

κραίνω, Od.19.567: [tense] fut.

A

κρᾰνέω Emp.111.2

; [dialect] Att. [var] contr.

κρᾰνῶ A.Ch. 1075

, E. Supp.375 [κρᾱνῶ in compd.

ἐπικρᾱνεῖ A.Ag.1340

codd., nisi leg. -κράνῃ vel -κραίνει]: [tense] aor. ἔκρᾱνα ib.369; [dialect] Ep. and [dialect] Ion. ἔκρηνα, inf. κρῆναι, Od.5.170, Herod.7.69 (dub.):—[voice] Med., [tense] fut. inf. in pass. sense

κρᾰνέεσθαι Il.9.626

: [tense] aor.

ἐπ-εκρήναντο Q.S.14.297

:—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut.

κρανθήσομαι A.Pr.911

: [tense] aor.

ἐκράνθην Pi.P.4.175

, E.Hec.219: κέκρανται [ per.] 3sg. [tense] pf. [voice] Pass., A.Supp.943, also [ per.] 3pl., E.Hipp. 1255 (sed leg. συμφορά).—Hom. (v. infr.) mostly uses the [dialect] Ep. [tense] pres. κραιαίνω, [tense] impf. ἐκραίαινεν, [tense] aor. imper. κρήηνον, κρηήνατε, inf. κρηῆναι: [ per.] 3sg. [tense] pf. [voice] Pass.

ἐπι-κεκράανται Od.4.616

: [tense] plpf. ἐπι-κεκράαντο ib.132: [tense] 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.), [var] contr. κραίνω, κρῆναι, etc. and by distraction κραιαίνω, κρηῆναι, etc.: κρᾱαίνω from κρᾱς -ṇ-yω ([etym.] κάρα, κράατα) = κεφαλαιόω 'achieve'.):—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 δ' ἐκραίαινεν ἐφετμάς Il.5.508

, cf. Pi.O.3.11; οἵ ῥ' ἔτυμα κραίνουσι those dreams come true, Od.19.567; freq. in A., esp. of Fate, as Pr.512, al., cf. S.OC914, Tr. 127 (lyr.), etc.:—[voice] Pass., with [tense] fut. [voice] Med., to be accomplished, brought to pass,

οὐ γάρ μοι δοκέει μύθοιο τελευτὴ τῇδέ γ' ὁδῷ κρανέεσθαι Il. 9.626

;

πατρὸς δ' ἀρὰ . . τότ' 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 τάδ' ἐφ' 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.OC449;

θέμιστας Orph.A.1297

.

2 after Hom., c. gen., reign over, govern, στρατοῦ, τῆς χώρας, τῆσδε γῆς, χθονός, S. Aj.1050, OC296, 862, 926: in later [dialect] Ep. c. dat., Orph. A.475: c. acc.,

κ. Διὸς οἴκους IG14.433

([place name] Tauromenium); ἐπὶ σπλῆνα κ., of a vein, dominate, Aret.CA2.2, cf. CD1.2.

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.SD2.8, CA1.1.

2 Medic., of bones, etc., terminate,

ὅπῃ κραίνουσι Hp.Art.45

, cf. Aret.SD1.7, 8; extend,

ἀπὸ ἥπατος ἐς νεφρούς Id.CA2.6

.