κραντήριοι οἱ κραίνοντες

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `complete' (Il.), intr. `end' (medic.), `rule' (θ 391, S., E.; Wackernagel Unt. 157).

Other forms: (v. l. κρᾱαίνω), aor. κρηῆναι (Il.), κραᾶναι H., pass. κρᾱανθῆναι (Theoc.), perf. 3. sg. κεκρά̄ανται (Od.), Vbaladj. ἀ-κρά̄αν-τος (Hom.); - κραίνω (Od., medic.), fut. κρᾰνέω, -ῶ (Emp., A., E.; ἐπι-κρᾱνεῖ A. Ag. 1340), κρᾰνέεσθαι (I 626, intr.), aor. κρῆναι (O 599), κρᾶναι (A., S.), pass. κρανθῆναι (Pi., trag.), perf. 3. sg. κέκρανται (trag.), ἄ-κραν-τος (Pi., trag.);

Compounds: also with ἐπι-.

Derivatives: From κραίνω: κράντωρ, - ορος `ruler' (E. in lyr., AP), `who fulfills' (Epigr. ap. Paus. 8, 52, 6), with dissimilation κάντορες οἱ κρατοῦντες H. (Lewy KZ 59, 180); κραντήρ, - ῆρος `ruler' (Orph.), pl. `wisdom-teeth', prop. "fulfiller", scil. of the tooth-row (Arist.), sg. `tusk' (Nic., Lyc.); f. κράντειρα `governess' ( APl., Orph.); on κράντωρ, - τήρ Benveniste Noms d'agent 46f.; κράντης `fulfiller' (Lyc.); κραντήριοι οἱ κραίνοντες, καὶ ἐπιτελοῦντες H. - Compound αὑτό-κρανος `fulfilling himself, self-evident' (H., EM; also A. Fr. 295f.); after H. also = κίων μονόλιθος; in the last meaning rather to κάρᾱ `head' ; s. - κρανον s. κρανίον.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [574] *ḱerh₂- `head'

Etymology: The variant κρᾱαίνω will stand for *κρᾱσαίνω, as gen. κρά̄ατος \< *κρά̄σα-τος to κάρᾱ, κάρη `head', like ὀνομαίνω to ὀνόμα-τος from ὄνομα; so a denomin. from the old n-stem. Prop. meaning `(put the head on something' (cf. καρᾱνοῦν `complete' of κάρᾱνον `head'). - Beside κρᾱαίνω with Ionic form aorist κρηῆναι, contracted κρῆναι, to which again the younger present κραίνω (cf. φῆναι: φαίνω) with κρᾰνέω etc. The form κραι-αίνω may have its stemsyllable κραι- from κραίνω (Leumann IF 57, 157). -Fraenkel Denom. 7, Bechtel Lex. s. v., Schwyzer 724f. and Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 82, (improb.1, 343 a basis *κράσαρ n.).

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