κρείων,οντος,ὁ,
A. ruler, lord, master, Ep. word, used in Il. mostly of kings and chiefs, esp. of Agamemnon, 1.130 , al. (Com. in parody, of Diomedes, Cratin. 68 ); of gods,ὕπατε κρειόντων, of Zeus, Il. 8.31 , etc.; of Poseidon, εὐρὺ κ. ἐνοσίχθων
11.751
; as an honorary epithet,κ. Ἐτεωνεύς, of a squire of Menelaus, Od. 4.22 :—so fem.κρείουσα(once in Hom. ),κρείουσα γυναικῶν, of a concubine of Priam, Il. 22.48 ;Ἀντιόπη κ. queenAntiope, Hes. Fr. 110.6 , cf. Call. Del. 219 ; Dor.
κρείοισα
Theoc. 17.132
:—after Hom. in the formκρέων, Pi. P. 8.99 , N. 3.10 , 7.45 ; of Zeus, A. Supp. 574 (lyr.):—fem.κρέουσα, B. 3.1 : hence pr. n.Κρέων, Κρέουσα. (A participial form ( κρείειν γὰρ τὸ ἄρχειν ἔλεγον οἱ παλαιοί
Artem. 2.12
):κρείωνmay be due to metrical lengthening or representΚρήων.)