κραίνω, κρῆναι, etc. and by distractionκραιαίνω, κρηῆναι, etc.:κρᾱαίνωfromκρᾱς-ṇ-y ω(κάρα, κράατα) = κεφαλαιόω 'achieve'.):—poet. Verb,accomplish, fulfil, τόδε μοι κρήηνον ἐέλδωρ
Il. 1.41
, 504 , cf. Od. 17.242 ;οἵ μευ φέρτεροί εἰσι νοῆσαί τε κρῆναί τεbetter than I both to conceive andaccomplish, 5.170 ; κρῆνον νῦν καὶ ἐμοὶ . . ἔπος ὅττι κεν εἴπω
20.115
;καί τε κραίνουσιν ἕκαστα, of the Thriae, h.Merc. 559 ; ἐπεὶ μούνῳ σοι ἐγὼ κρανέω τάδε πάντα
Emp.
l. c.;μαντεύματα κ. give trueoracles, E. Ion 464 (lyr.); δίκας θνατοῖσι κραίνων
B. 12.45
; τοῦ δ' ἐκραίαινεν ἐφετμάς
Il. 5.508
, cf. Pi. O. 3.11 ;οἵ ῥ' ἔτυμα κραίνουσιthose dreamscome true, Od. 19.567 ; freq. in A. , esp. of Fate, as Pr. 512 , al., cf. S. OC 914 , Tr. 127 (lyr.), etc.:— Pass. , withfut.
Med. ,to be accomplished, brought to pass, οὐ γάρ μοι δοκέει μύθοιο τελευτὴ τῇδέ γ' ὁδῷ κρανέεσθαι
: c. acc. cogn.,κ. σκῆπτρα swaythe staff of rule, S. OC 449 ; θέμιστας
Orph. A. 1297
.
2. after Hom. , c. gen.,reign over, govern,στρατοῦ, τῆς χώρας, τῆσδε γῆς, χθονός, S. Aj. 1050 , OC 296 , 862 , 926 : in later Ep. c. dat., Orph. A. 475 : c. acc., κ. Διὸς οἴκους
IG 14.433
(Tauromenium);ἐπὶ σπλῆνα κ., of a vein,dominate, Aret. CA 2.2 , cf. CD 1.2 .
IV. intr.,come to an end, resultin a thing,ποῖ δῆτα κρανεῖ; A. Ch. 1075 (anap.); of disease,culminate, be at its worst, Aret. SD 2.8 , CA 1.1 .
2. Medic., of bones, etc.,terminate, ὅπῃ κραίνουσι