κρήγυος

κρήγῠος, ον, [dialect] Dor. [full] κράγῠος [pron. full] [ᾱ] Cerc.7.14, LysisEp.3:—

A good, useful or agreeable, once in Hom.,

οὐ πώ ποτέ μοι τὸ κ. εἶπας Il.1.106

;

ἄλλο μὲν οὐδὲν κ. AP7.284

(Asclep.); οὐδὲ γουνάτων πόνος κρήγυον a good symptom, Hp.Coac.31;

τό τοι μέγα κρήγυον ἔσται Nic.Th.935

;

ποτὶ οὐδὲν κράγυον σχολάζοντες Lysis

l.c. Adv.

κρηγύως ἐπαιδεύθην Call.Iamb.1.196

; νομίμως καὶ κ. honourably, Perict. ap. Stob.4.28.19.

2 by a misunderstanding of Hom., true, real,

εἴπατέ μοι τὸ κ. Theoc.20.19

, cf. Hp.Ep.17, AP7.648 (Leon.), Anon. ap. Stob.3.28.21: as Adv., in good earnest,

πορθεῖς με τὸ κ. AP5.57

(Arch.).

3 of persons, good, serviceable,

οὐκ ἐπίστανται, οὐδὲ κ. διδάσκαλοί εἰσι Pl.Alc.1.111e

;

εἰ δ' ἐσσί κ. τε καὶ παρὰ χρηστῶν Theoc.Ep.19

;

παρ' οἴνῳ κ. AP7.355

(Damag.); esp. of a woman, honest, Herod.4.46, 6.39.