κρίον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly a contracted variant of κρεῖον (kreîon, “meat-tray”), from κρέας (kréas, “meat”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈkri.on/ → /ˈkri.on/

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkri.on/

Noun

κρίον • (kríon)

1. (hapax) a kind of vessel

   Synonym: ἀγγεῖον (angeîon)

   • 5th century C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Κ:

     κρίον· ἀγγεῖον

     kríon; angeîon

     kríon: vessel

Further reading

• Hesychius' Lexicon: κ
• “κριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κρίον - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.