- κέρας
- κέρας, κέραος, dat. κέραι (κέρᾳ), pl. κέρᾶ (but shortened before a vowel), κεράων, dat. κέρασι, κεράεσσι: horn; bows were made of horn, Il. 4.109 ff., Od. 21.395; hence said for ‘bow,’ Il. 11.385; a sheath of horn was used to encase a fishing-line, to prevent the hook from being bitten off, Il. 24.81; with a play upon the word κραίνω, Od. 19.566.
A Homeric dictionary (Greek-English) (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ομηρικό λεξικό). 2010.