A.ram, Od.9.447, 461, Hdt.2.42, etc.; “κριοὶ ἄγριοι” Id.4.192: prov., κριὸς τροφεῖα ἀπέτεισεν, of ingratitude, because a ram butts at those who have brought him up, Zen.4.63, Suid., Hsch.; “κριοὺς ἐκγεννᾶν τέκνα” Eup.99; κριοῦ διακονία, of thankless service, Suid., Hsch.; τὸν κριὸν ὡς ἐπέχθη the 'shearing of the ram', in allusion to the ode of Simonides in honour of Crius of Aegina, Ar.Nu.1356.
3. the constellation Aries, Eudox. ap. Hipparch. 1.2.13, Euc.Phaen.p.6 M., Arat.238, J.AJ3.10.5, etc.
IV. volute on the Corinthian capital, twisted like a ram's horn, Hsch.
V. kind of ship, Poll.1.83.
VI. part of an irrigation-system, dub. sens. in BGU14iii9 (iii A. D.).
VII. a variety of ἐρέβινθος, Thphr.HP8.5.1, PCair.Zen.192.8 (iii B. C.), Dsc.2.104, Gal.6.533: misspelt κρεῖος in Sophil.8: Lat. cicer arietinum, Petron.35, etc.; est enim arietino capiti simile, Plin.HN18.124. (Prob. cogn. with κέρας.)