κρήν-η,
Doric dialect κράνα [[“IG” 42(1).121.6 (Epid.), etc.; _Aeolic dialect_ ] Refs] κράννα [[[prev. work]12(2).103 (Mytil.): ἡ] Refs]:— well, spring, fountain, μελάνυδρος, καλλιρέεθρος, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.3, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.107, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.39, +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phd.” 112c, etc.; opposed to φρέαρ (which see), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.120, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.48; ἐμπλησαμένη τὴν ὑδρίαν.. ἀπὸ κρήνης Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Lysistrata” 328; κ. οἴνου 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 707; ὀμνύω.. κράνας καὶ ποταμούς “SIG” 527.34 (Dreros, 3rd c.BC): poetry in _plural_ ] Refs 8th c.BC+], for water, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “OC” 686, “Ant.” 844 (both Lyric poetry); κρηνῶν ἐπιμελητής, title of official at Athens, “IG” 22.338.11, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ath.” 43.1, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lg.” 758e, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Pol.” 1321b26, “OGI” 483.159 (Pergam.). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]