κριόν (krion)

κριόν is an Ancient Greek form of κριός, meaning “ram”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun.

It can also be a form of Κρῖος, “Krios — son of Polycritus, and one of the chief men of Aegina”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun.

Found 81 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 6.2.41: … δὼν τὰ μὲν πρόβατα τοῖς δέρμασιν ἐσκεπασμένα, τοὺς δὲ παῖδας αὐτῶν γυμνούς, ἔφη, λυσιτελέστερόν ἐστι Μεγαρέως κριὸν εἶναι ἢ υἱόν. πρὸς τὸν ἐντινάξαντα αὐτῷ δοκόν, εἶτα εἰπόντα, φύλαξαι, πάλιν γάρ με, ἔφη, παίειν μέλλεις; ἔλεγ …

Plutarch, De sollertia animalium 18: … ιδόμενον ὀργὴν ἀποδεικνύμενος. τὸν δʼ ἐν Αἰγίῳ παιδεραστοῦντα χῆνα καὶ τὸν ἐπιθυμήσαντα Γλαύκης τῆς κιθαρῳδοῦ κριόν· περιβόητοι γάρ εἰσι καὶ πολλῶν οἶμαι διηγημάτων τοιούτων διακορεῖς ὑμᾶς εἶναι· διὸ ταῦτα μὲν ἀφίημι.

Aristophanes, Clouds 1356: ᾆσαι Σιμωνίδου μέλος, τὸν Κριὸν ὡς ἐπέχθη.

All forms of κριός (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.