κρίκ-ος [ῐ], ὁ,
Homeric form of κίρκος, ring, on a horse's breastband, to fasten it to the peg (ἕστωρ) at the end of the carriage-pole, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.272. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 eyelet-hole in sails, through which the reefingropes were drawn, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.36, compare 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.94, “PLond.” 3.1164 (_h_) 8 (3rd c.AD). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 curtain-ring, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “HP” 4.2.7, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “AJ” 3.6.2. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__4 fingerring, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Pol.” 1324b14; part of a finger-ring, “Inscription Délos” 461 “Ba” 6, +others (2nd c.BC). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__5 nose-ring, [[ 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “P.” 3.203. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__6 armlet, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Dem.” 30. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__7 link in a chain, [[ [prev\. author] 2.304b, 3rd c.AD: Alexander Aphrodisiensis Philosophus “Pr.” 2.67, 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “Comm.in Mathematics texts” 7; ἐκ κρίκου λεπτοῦ πεποιημένα ὑφάσματα] Refs 3rd c.AD+] chain armour, [[ 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Or.” 37d. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__8 hoop, [[ 2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 6.26.2. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]