A.= κρατερός (q. v.), strong, staunch, “φάλαγγες” Il.5.592; καὶ εἰ μάλα κ. ἐστιν [Hector] 13.316; Ἡρακλῆς ὁ κ. Ar.Ra.464: c. inf., “κ. ἐστι μάχῃ ἔνι φῶτας ἐναίρειν” Il.13.483; “πολέμῳ ἔνι κ. ἐσσι” 9.53; “Ζεὺς Τυφῶ -ώτερος μάχῃ” A.Th.517; τὰ καρτερώτατα the strongest, S.Aj.669.
2. c. gen., possessed of, in control of, master of, “Ἀσίης” Archil.26; “οὐκέτι τῆς αὑτοῦ γλώσσης κ. οὔτε νόου” Thgn.480; “ἁμῶν” Theoc.15.94; “παθῶν” D.H.5.8; “γῆς καὶ οἰκίων” SIG45.28 (Halic., V B.C.); “Θηβαίων” Arr.Fr.91 J.
3. = καρτερικός, steadfast, patient, “πρὸς πάντα” X.Cyr.1.6.25; obstinate, “-ώτατος ἀνθρώπων πρὸς τὸ ἀπιστεῖν” Pl.Phd.77a; κ. πρὸς τὸ λέγειν mighty in disputation, Id.Tht.169b.
4. of things, mighty, potent, “ὅρκος” Il.19.108; κ. ἔργα deeds of might, 5.872; κ. ἕλκος severe, 16.517; κ. μάχη strongly contested, sharp, severe, Hdt.1.76, Th.4.43; “ναυμαχίη” Hdt.8.12; “ἀγών” Plb.1.27.11; ἀλαλά, μέριμναι, Pi.I.7(6).10, 8(7).13; “λίθος” Id.O.1.58, E.Fr.1044; “κτύπος” A.Pr.923; “-ώτατον βέλος” Pi.O.1.112; τὸ κ. force, violence, A.Supp.612; but τόλμης εἶμι πρὸς τὸ κ. the utmost verge of . . , E.Med.394; κατὰ τὸ κ. in Adv. sense, Hdt.1.212, 3.65, Ar.Ach.622, etc.; πρὸς τὸ κ. A.Pr.214: abs., τὸ κ. Theoc.1.41.
II. Adv. -ρῶς strongly, violently, LXX 4 Ma.15.31, Arr.An.2.23.7, Luc.Somn.6; κ. ὑπνοῦσθαι to sleep sound, Hdt. 3.69.