κρόσσαι

κρόσσαι, ῶν, αἱ,

• prob. = stepped copings of parapets, κρόσσας μὲν πύργων ἔρυον καὶ ἔρειπον ἐπάλξεις Il. 12.258; κροσσάων ἐπέβαινον ib. 444 (expld. by Aristarch. as scaling ladders).
• • • 2 courses, steps of the Pyramids, Hdt. 2.125.

κρόσσαι, αἱ, die hervorragenden Zinnen oder Brustwehren auf den Mauern und Mauertürmen, hinter denen die Krieger stehen, welche die Mauern verteidigen, κροσσάων ἐπέβαινον Il. 12.444, wo nicht an Sturmleitern zu denken, wie Il. 12.258, eigt : ῥήγνυσθαι μέγα τεῖχος Ἀχαιῶν πειρήτιζον· κρόσσας μὲν πύργων ἔρυον καὶ ἔρειπον ἐπάλξεις.
Bei Her. 2.125, wo auch κρῶσσαι geschrieben wird, durch βωμίδες, ἀναβαθμοί erkl., Absähe, Stufen.

κρόσσαι

αἱ.

Applied to some part of the Greek wall protecting the ships (but there is nothing to show what part is meant) : κρόσσας πύργων ἔρυον Il. 12.258, κροσσάων ἐπέβαινον 444.

κρόσσαι (cf. κόρση, κάρη): πύργων, walls or breasting of the towers, between foundations and battlements, Il. 12.258, 444.

κρόσσαι

• battlements on walls, Il.; of the steps by which the Pyramids rose to a point, Hdt.