κρεῖον

Ancient Greek

From κρέας (kréas, “meat”) +‎ -ῐον (-ĭon). A contracted form κρίον (kríon) is possibly attested in Hesychius.

κρεῖον • (kreîon) n (genitive κρείου); second declension

meat-tray
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 9.206:
  αὐτὰρ ὅ γε κρεῖον μέγα κάββαλεν ἐν πυρὸς αὐγῇ
  autàr hó ge kreîon méga kábbalen en puròs augēî
  He in turn placed down a big meat-tray in the glow of the fire.

Second declension of τὸ κρεῖον; τοῦ κρείου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κρεῖον tò kreîon	τὼ κρείω tṑ kreíō	τᾰ̀ κρεῖᾰ tằ kreîă
Genitive	τοῦ κρείου toû kreíou	τοῖν κρείοιν toîn kreíoin	τῶν κρείων tôn kreíōn
Dative	τῷ κρείῳ tōî kreíōi	τοῖν κρείοιν toîn kreíoin	τοῖς κρείοις toîs kreíois
Accusative	τὸ κρεῖον tò kreîon	τὼ κρείω tṑ kreíō	τᾰ̀ κρεῖᾰ tằ kreîă
Vocative	κρεῖον kreîon	κρείω kreíō	κρεῖᾰ kreîă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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κρεῖον • (kreîon)