κρῑθ-ή, ἡ,
mostly in plural, barleycorns, barley (compare κρῖ), the meal being ἄλφιτα: [[ πυρῶν ἢ κριθῶν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.69, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.110, 19.112, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Eq.” 1101; κριθᾶν μέδιμμνον “IG” 42(1).40.7 (Epid.); τὰς οὐλοχύτας φέρε δεῦρο—τοῦτο δ᾽ ἐστὶ τ;—κριθαί Strato Comedy texts 1.35 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἶνος ἐκ κριθέων πεποιημένος a kind of beer, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.77; ἐκ κριθῶν μέθυ Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Supplices” 953, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “fragment” 106; κριθαὶ πεφρυγμέναι, ={κάχρυς}, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.22, cf. Moer. p.213 P.: _plural_ ] Refs 5th c.BC+], also of species of barley, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “HP” 8.1.1: _sing._, “PGrenf.” 2.29.9 (2nd c.BC); κ. Ἰνδική] Refs 4th c.BC+] millet, Sorghum halepense, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “HP” 8.4.2. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II pustule on the eyelid, stye, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Epid.” 2.2.5, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.742. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III barley-corn, the smallest weight, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Lap.” 46. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__IV in singular, ={πόσθη}, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 965. (The connexion with Latin _hordeum_, OHG. _gersta_ is doubtful.) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]