ὀρθό-κραιρος,
α,
ον,
A). with straight or
upright horns, epith. of horned cattle,
Il. 8.231 ,
Od. 12.348 ; also of galleys, of which the two ends turned up so as to resemble horns,
Il. 18.3 ,
19.344 ; of a mountain range,
Πυρήνην -κραιρον AP 14.121.5 (
Metrod.).—
Hom. has it only in poet. gen. pl. fem.
ὀρθοκραιράων.