- κρατήρ
- a basin
- 1. a mixing vessel , esp. a large bowl, in which the wine was mixed with water , and from which the cups were filled, [8th/7th c.BC], etc.; οἶνον δ᾽ ἐκ κρητῆρος ἀφυσσάμενοι δεπάεσσιν ἔκχεον [8th/7th c.BC]; πίνοντες κρητῆρας drinking bowls of wine , [8th/7th c.BC]; κρητῆρα στήσασθαι ἐλεύθερον to give a bowl of wine to be drunk in honour of the deliverance, [8th/7th c.BC]; ἐπιστέψασθαι ποτοῖο, v. ἐπιστέφω.
2. metaph., κρατῆρα πλήσας κακῶν having filled a bowl full of woes, [6th/5th c.BC]
3. any cup-shaped hollow, a basin in a rock, [Refs 5th c.BC, 5th/4th c.BC] (ML)