κρίον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Unknown. Possibly a contracted variant of κρεῖον (kreîon, “meat-tray”), from κρέας (kréas, “meat”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkri.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkri.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkri.on/
Noun
κρίον • (kríon)
- (hapax) a kind of vessel
- Synonym: ἀγγεῖον (angeîon)
- 5th century C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Κ:
- κρίον· ἀγγεῖον
- kríon; angeîon
- kríon: vessel
Further reading
- Hesychius' Lexicon: κ
- “κριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κρίον”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
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