κρέας

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κρεῖᾰς (kreîas) – Epic
κρῆς (krês) – Doric

Etymology

Earlier Proto-Hellenic *kréwas, from Proto-Indo-European *kréwh₂s. Cognates include Sanskrit क्रविस् (kravís), Latin cruor (Italian crudo), Proto-Slavic *kry, and Old English hrǣw (English raw).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kré.as/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkrɛ.as/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkre.as/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkre.as/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkre.as/

Noun

κρέᾰς • (kréas) n (genitive κρέως or κρέᾰτος); third declension

flesh, meat
carcass, body

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ κρέᾰς; τοῦ κρέως (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κρέᾰς tò kréas	τὼ κρέᾰε tṑ kréae	τᾰ̀ κρέᾰ tà kréa
Genitive	τοῦ κρέως toû kréōs	τοῖν κρεᾰ́οιν toîn kreáoin	τῶν κρεῶν tôn kreôn
Dative	τῷ κρέᾰῐ̈ tôi kréaï	τοῖν κρεᾰ́οιν toîn kreáoin	τοῖς κρέᾰσῐ / κρέᾰσῐν toîs kréasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ κρέᾰς tò kréas	τὼ κρέᾰε tṑ kréae	τᾰ̀ κρέᾰ tà kréa
Vocative	κρέᾰς kréas	κρέᾰε kréae	κρέᾰ kréa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Other forms include Homeric κρέεσσι (kréessi), κρεάεσσι (kreáessi, dative plural); κρειῶν (kreiôn), κρεάων (kreáōn, genitive plural); and Cretan κρίως (kríōs, genitive singular).

Late forms:

Third declension of τὸ κρέᾰς; τοῦ κρέᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κρέᾰς tò kréas	τὼ κρέᾰτε tṑ kréate	τᾰ̀ κρέᾰτᾰ tà kréata
Genitive	τοῦ κρέᾰτος toû kréatos	τοῖν κρεᾰ́τοιν toîn kreátoin	τῶν κρεᾰ́των tôn kreátōn
Dative	τῷ κρέᾰτῐ tôi kréati	τοῖν κρεᾰ́τοιν toîn kreátoin	τοῖς κρέᾰσῐ / κρέᾰσῐν toîs kréasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ κρέᾰς tò kréas	τὼ κρέᾰτε tṑ kréate	τᾰ̀ κρέᾰτᾰ tà kréata
Vocative	κρέᾰς kréas	κρέᾰτε kréate	κρέᾰτᾰ kréata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

References

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’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- carrion idem, page 115.
- flesh idem, page 327.
- meat idem, page 521.
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κρέας (kréas).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkre̞as/
Hyphenation: κρέ‧ας

Noun

κρέας • (kréas) n (plural κρέατα)

meat
πρόβειο κρέας ― próveio kréas ― mutton
(literally "sheep meat")

Declension

declension of κρέας

	singular	plural
nominative	κρέας •	κρέατα •
genitive	κρέατος •	κρεάτων •
accusative	κρέας •	κρέατα •
vocative	κρέας •	κρέατα •

Synonyms

τσιτσί n (tsitsí, “meat”) (childish)

Related terms

κρεατοφάγος m or f (kreatofágos, “carnivore”)
κρεατοσφαιρίδια n or pl (kreatosfairídia, “meatballs”)
κρεοπωλείο n (kreopoleío, “butcher's shop”)
κρεοπώλης m (kreopólis, “butcher”)
κρεοπώλισσα f (kreopólissa, “butcher”)
πρόβειο κρέας n (próveio kréas, “mutton”, literally “sheep meat”)

κρέας

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