- κρείων
- κρείων, -οντοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `ruler, prince' (Il.)Dialectal forms: κρέων (Pi., A. in lyr.), -οντοςDerivatives: f. κρείουσα (X 48), κρέουσα (B.) `ruler (fem.), princess'; PN Κρέων, -ουσα (posthom.), Patron. Κρειοντιάδης (Τ 240).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [618] *ḱreiH- `be resplendent'Etymology: As word of the poetic high language certainly inherited. As in other words (Schwyzer 526) the ντ-inflexion (after ἄρχων, μέδων a. o.) may have replaced an older ν-stem. As ep. κρείων can have metr. lengthening for κρέων, it can be identified with an Indo-Iran. comparative, Av. srayah-, Skt. śréyas- (e sec. for a). The basis was a noun, Av. srī-, Skt. śrī- f. `magnificence, riches, splendour, fame'. The soc. comparative meaning is no objection, as it is secondary against the absolute function (śréyas- prop. `who possesses in high degree the śrī- '); Benveniste Noms d'agent 121 ff. - Extensively Osthoff MU 6, 93 f., 102 f., 115f. (rejected by Seiler Steigerungsformen 120f.); cf Gonda KZ 73, 153f. (εὑρὺ κρείων: Skt. pr̥thu-śrī- `with broad śrī-'). Cf. Narten, ZVS 100 (1987) 270-96, who points out that the oldest Greek forms must be those in PN in -κρέων e.g. Φιλο-, Cyprus; therefore the relation with the Indo-Ir. comp. must be given up. Peters. Miscellanea lingu. graeco-latina 106-8 starts from the idea of `be brilliant' and connects Skt. srī- `beauty'.Page in Frisk: 2,12
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.