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κεράτιον

κεράτιον, small horn

κερᾱτ-ιον, τό,
  • Dim. of κέρας, small horn, D.S. 3.73, Arist. ap. Plu. Sollert. 2.977a.
      • 2 of the antennae of the κάραβος, Arist. HA 526a7; of the hermit-crab, ib. 529a27.
      • 3 in pl., curved ends of the womb (cf. κεραία II.7), ib. 510b19.
      • 4 musical instrument, perh. fife or clarionet, D.S. 29.32, prob. for κεραμείου in Plb. 26.1.4, cf. ib. 1a. 2.
    • II carat, 1/1728 of a pound, Dsc. ap. Gal. 19.775, Archig. ap. Aët. 6.37, Hero *Mens. 60.21, Just. Nou. 32.1; = Lat. siliqua, OGI 521.27 (Abydos, v/vi A.D.).
    • III = κερατωνία, Colum. Arbor. 25.
    • IV v. κεράτια.

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