κρῑός, ὁ, ram
, Od.9.447, 461, Hdt.2.42, etc.; κριοὶ ἄγριοι Id.4.192: prov., κριὸς τροφεῖα ἀπέτεισεν, of ingratitude, because a ram butts at those who have brought him up, Zen.4.63, Suid., Hsch.; κριοὺς ἐκγεννᾶν τέκνα Eup.99; κριοῦ διακονία, of thankless service, Suid., Hsch.; τὸν κριὸν ὡς ἐπέχθη the 'shearing of the ram
', in allusion to the ode of Simonides in honour of Crius of Aegina, Ar.Nu.1356. 2. battering-ram
, X.Cyr.7.4.1, IG22.468, Plb.1.48.9, Ath.Mech.14.1, J. BJ3.7.19, etc. 3. the constellation Aries, Eudox. ap. Hipparch. 1.2.13, Euc.Phaen.p.6 M., Arat.238, J.AJ3.10.5, etc. II. a seamonster
, Ael.NA9.49, 15.2, Opp.H.1.372, 5.33, etc. III. kind of mussel
, Hegesand.36 (κρεῖος cod. A Ath.). IV. volute
on the Corinthian capital, twisted like a ram's horn
, Hsch. V. kind of ship
, Poll.1.83. VI. part of an irrigation-system, dub. sens. in BGU14iii9 (iii A. D.). VII. a variety of
ἐρέβινθος, Thphr.HP8.5.1, PCair.Zen.192.8 (iii B. C.), Dsc.2.104, Gal.6.533: misspelt κρεῖος in Sophil.8: Lat. cicer arietinum
, Petron.35, etc.; est enim arietino capiti simile
, Plin.HN18.124. (Prob. cogn. with κέρας.)