κραίνω

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Ancient Greek

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Verb

κραίνω (kraínō)

  1. to accomplish, perform, fulfill
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.504:
      τόδε μοι κρήηνον ἐέλδωρ
      tóde moi krḗēnon eéldōr
      grant me this wish

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Further reading

  • κραίνω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • κραίνω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • κραίνω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • κραίνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • κραίνω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.