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κρατερός

κρατερός, strong, stout, mighty

κρᾰτερός, ά, όν, Ep. form of καρτερός,
  • strong, stout, mighty, in Hom. mostly of bodily strength, κρατερός περ ἐὼν καὶ χερσὶ πεποιθώς Il. 16.624, cf. 6.97, Pi. I. 5(4).31, etc.; epith. of Ares, Il. 2.515; of lions, Od. 4.335; χεῖρες ib. 288, Pi. P. 11.18: with collat. notion of stern, harsh, of Hades, Il. 13.415, cf. 21.566.
      • 2 of things, conditions, etc., mighty, fierce, κ. ὑσμίνας 2.345; ἀνάγκη 6.458; κρατερῆφι βίηφιν 21.501; σθένος B. 17.40 [Dith. 4.40]; πάλα Id. 10.20; βέλος, τόξον, Il. 5.104, 8.279; βιός Od. 24.170; δεσμός, δεσμοί, Il. 5.386, Od. 8.336; hard, χῶρος h.Merc. 354; σίδηρος ὅπερ κρατερώτατός ἐστιν Hes. Th. 864.
      • 3 of passions, etc., strong, vehement, λύσσα Il. 9.239; ἔρις 13.358; μένος 7.38; πένθος 11.249; ἄλγεα Od. 15.232: of acts and words, κ. ἀμφίβασις Il. 5.623; κ. μῦθος a harsh, rough speech, 1.25; μῦθον ἀπηνέα τε κ. τε 15.202.
    • II Adv. -ρῶς strongly, stoutly, μάχεσθαι 12.152; ἑστάμεναι 15.666; ἔχεσθαι 16.501, 17.559; νεμεσᾶν 13.16; κὰδ δʼ ἔβαλε κ. dashed roughly to earth, Od. 4.344; κ. ἀγόρευσεν, ἀπέειπεν, sternly, Il. 8.29, 9.431; in Prose, Anon ap. Stob. 4.31.34.—Once in Trag., κ. γυιοπέδαι A. Pr. 168 (anap.); elsewh. καρτερός. (κορτερά· κρατερά, ἰσχυρά, Hsch., is prob. Aeol.)

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