κρῑός,ὁ,
A. ram, Od. 9.447 , 461 , Hdt. 2.42 , etc.; κριοὶ ἄγριοι
Id. 4.192
: prov.,κριὸς τροφεῖα ἀπέτεισεν, of ingratitude, because a ram butts at those who have brought him up, Zen. 4.63 , Suid. , Hsch. ; κριοὺς ἐκγεννᾶν τέκνα
Eup. 99
;κριοῦ διακονία, of thankless service, Suid. , Hsch. ;τὸν κριὸν ὡς ἐπέχθηthe 'shearing of theram', in allusion to the ode of Simonides in honour of Crius of Aegina, Ar. Nu. 1356 .
2. battering-ram, X. Cyr. 7.4.1 , IG 22.468 , Plb. 1.48.9 , Ath.Mech. 14.1 , J. BJ 3.7.19 , etc.
3. the constellationAries, Eudox. ap. Hipparch. 1.2.13 , Euc. Phaen. p.6 M., Arat. 238 , J. AJ 3.10.5 , etc.
II. aseamonster, Ael. NA 9.49 , 15.2 , Opp. H. 1.372 , 5.33 , etc.
III. kind ofmussel, Hegesand. 36 (κρεῖοςcod. A Ath. ).
IV. voluteon the Corinthian capital,twisted like a ram's horn, Hsch.
V. kind ofship, Poll. 1.83 .
VI. part of an irrigation-system, dub. sens. in BGU 14iii9