κεράτιον
τό
A.
small horn, D.S. 3.73, Arist. ap. Plu. 2.977a.
2.
of the antennae of the κάραβος, Arist. HA 526a7; of the hermit-crab, ib.529a27.
3.
in pl., curved ends of the womb (cf. κεραία 11.7), ib.510b19.
4.
musical instrument, perh. fife or clarionet, D.S. 29.32, prob. for κεραμείου in Plb. 26.1.4, cf. ib.1a. 2.
II.
carat, 1/1728 of a pound, Dsc. ap. Gal. 19.775, Archig. ap. Aët. 6.37, Hero *Mens. 60.21, Just. Nou. 32.1; = Lat. siliqua, OGI 521.27 (Abydos, v/vi A.D.).
III.
= κερατωνία, Colum.Arbor. 25.
IV.
v. κεράτια.