κρέας
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- κρῆς (krês) — Doric
Etymology
Earlier Proto-Hellenic *kréwas, from Proto-Indo-European *kréwh₂s.[1] Cognates include Sanskrit क्रविस् (kravís), Latin cruor (Italian crudo), Proto-Slavic *kry, and Old English hrǣw (English raw).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kré.as/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkre.as/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkre.as/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkre.as/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkre.as/
Noun
κρέᾰς • (kréăs) n (genitive κρέως or κρέᾰτος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ κρέᾰς tò kréăs |
τὼ κρέᾱ tṑ kréā |
τᾰ̀ κρέᾱ tằ kréā | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κρέως toû kréōs |
τοῖν κρεοῖν toîn kreoîn |
τῶν κρεῶν tôn kreôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κρέᾳ tōî kréāi |
τοῖν κρεοῖν toîn kreoîn |
τοῖς κρέᾰσῐ / κρέᾰσῐν toîs kréăsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ κρέᾰς tò kréăs |
τὼ κρέᾱ tṑ kréā |
τᾰ̀ κρέᾱ tằ kréā | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κρέᾰς kréăs |
κρέᾱ kréā |
κρέᾱ kréā | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Late forms:
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ κρέᾰς tò kréăs |
τὼ κρέᾰτε tṑ kréăte |
τᾰ̀ κρέᾰτᾰ tằ kréătă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κρέᾰτος toû kréătos |
τοῖν κρεᾰ́τοιν toîn kreắtoin |
τῶν κρεᾰ́των tôn kreắtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κρέᾰτῐ tōî kréătĭ |
τοῖν κρεᾰ́τοιν toîn kreắtoin |
τοῖς κρέᾰσῐ / κρέᾰσῐν toîs kréăsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ κρέᾰς tò kréăs |
τὼ κρέᾰτε tṑ kréăte |
τᾰ̀ κρέᾰτᾰ tằ kréătă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κρέᾰς kréăs |
κρέᾰτε kréăte |
κρέᾰτᾰ kréătă | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Derived terms
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κρέας”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 774
Further reading
- “κρέας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κρέας”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “κρέας”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κρέας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- κρέας in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “κρέας”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G2907 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κρέας (kréas), from Proto-Hellenic *kréwas, from Proto-Indo-European *kréwh₂s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkreas/
- Hyphenation: κρέ‧ας
Noun
κρέας • (kréas) n (plural κρέατα)
- meat
- πρόβειο κρέας ― próveio kréas ― mutton (literally, “sheep meat”)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | κρέας (kréas) | κρέατα (kréata) |
| genitive | κρέατος (kréatos) | κρεάτων (kreáton) |
| accusative | κρέας (kréas) | κρέατα (kréata) |
| vocative | κρέας (kréas) | κρέατα (kréata) |
Synonyms
- τσιτσί n (tsitsí, “meat”) (childish)
Related terms
- κρεατοσφαιρίδια n or pl (kreatosfairídia, “meatballs”)
- κρεατοφάγος m or f (kreatofágos, “carnivore”)
- κρεοπωλείο n (kreopoleío, “butcher's shop”)
- κρεοπώλης m (kreopólis, “butcher”)
- κρεοπώλισσα f (kreopólissa, “butcher”)
- πρόβειο κρέας n (próveio kréas, “mutton”, literally “sheep meat”)
See also
- σάρκα f (sárka, “flesh”)
Further reading
- κρέας on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el