κρίκ-ος[ῐ],ὁ , Homeric form ofκίρκος,
A. ring, on a horse's breastband, to fasten it to the peg (ἕστωρ) at the end of the carriage-pole, Il. 24.272 .
2. eyelet-holein sails, through which the reefingropes were drawn, Hdt. 2.36 , cf. Poll. 1.94 , PLond. 3.1164 (h) 8
(iii A. D.).
3. curtain-ring, Thphr. HP 4.2.7 , J. AJ 3.6.2 .
4. fingerring, Arist. Pol. 1324b14 ; part of a finger-ring, Inscr.Délos 461
Ba 6 , al.(ii B. C.).
5. nose-ring, S.E. P. 3.203 .
6. armlet, Plu. Dem. 30 .
7. link in a chain, Id. 2.304b , Alex.Aphr. Pr. 2.67 , Iamb. Comm.Math. 7 ;ἐκ κρίκου λεπτοῦ πεποιημένα ὑφάσματα chainarmour, Jul. Or. 37d .
8. hoop, Antyll. ap. Orib. 6.26.2 .
9. ringof a spanner, Hero Bel. 101.13 ; of a ring-bolt, Apollod Poliorc. 166.15 ; of an armillary sphere, Procl. Hyp. 6.2 (pl.).