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κρήγυ^ος , ον, Dor. κράγυ^ος [α_] Cerc.7.14, LysisEp.3:—
A.good, useful or agreeable, once in Hom., “οὐ πώ ποτέ μοι τὸ κ. εἶπαςIl.1.106; “ἄλλο μὲν οὐδὲν κ.AP7.284 (Asclep.); οὐδὲ γουνάτων πόνος κρήγυον a good symptom, Hp.Coac.31; “τό τοι μέγα κρήγυον ἔσταιNic.Th.935; “ποτὶ οὐδὲν κράγυον σχολάζοντεςLysis l.c. Adv. “κρηγύως ἐπαιδεύθηνCall.Iamb.1.196; νομίμως καὶ κ. honourably, Perict. ap. Stob.4.28.19.
2. by a misunderstanding of Hom., true, real, “εἴπατέ μοι τὸ κ.Theoc.20.19, cf. Hp.Ep.17, AP7.648 (Leon.), Anon. ap. Stob.3.28.21: as Adv., in good earnest, “πορθεῖς με τὸ κ.AP5.57 (Arch.).
3. of persons, good, serviceable, “οὐκ ἐπίστανται, οὐδὲ κ. διδάσκαλοί εἰσιPl.Alc.1.111e; “εἰ δ᾽ ἐσσί κ. τε καὶ παρὰ χρηστῶνTheoc.Ep.19; “παρ᾽ οἴνῳ κ.AP7.355 (Damag.); esp. of a woman, honest, Herod.4.46, 6.39.
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    • Homer, Iliad, 1.106
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