A.edge, border, skirt, esp. of cloth, Theoc.2.53; of the fringe or tassel worn by Jews, Ev.Matt.9.20: mostly in pl., ἄκροισι λαίφους κρασπέδοις (v. “ἄκρος” 1.2b) E.Med.524; “κράσπεδα στεμμάτων” Ar. V.475, cf. Diph.43.30; “χρυσᾶ κ.” Chamael. ap. Ath.9.374a, Chrysipp.Stoic.3.36, 37.
2. metaph., mostly in pl., skirts or edge of a country, S.Fr.602, E.Fr.381; of a mountain, X.HG4.6.8; πρὸς κρασπέδοισι στρατοπέδου on the skirts of the army, E.Supp.661; “τοὺς πελταστὰς ἐπὶ τὰ κ. ἑκατέρωθεν καθίστασθαι” X.HG3.2.16: also in sg., “Τιμολέοντα ὥσπερ ἐκ κ. τινὸς λεπτοῦ τῆς πολίχνης τῇ Σικελίᾳ προσηρτημένον” Plu. Tim.11; “κ. αἰγιαλοῦ” AP7.78 (Dionys. Cyzic.).
3. Medic., affection of the uvula, fimbria, Aret.SA1.8.