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κρέας

κρέας

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • κρεῖας (kreîas) (Epic)
  • κρῆς (krês) (Doric)

Noun

κρέας (kréas) n (genitive κρέως, κρέατος); third declension

  1. flesh, meat
  2. carcass, body

Inflection

κρέας was sometimes declined as stem κρέατ- and sometimes as stem κρέα-. Both are shown here. Compare the morphologically similar (but etymologically unrelated) κέρας (kéras, horn)

κρέατ-

κρέα- (contracted)

Other forms include Homeric κρέεσσι (kréessi), κρεάεσσι (kreáessi) (dative plural); κρειῶν (kreiôn), κρεάων (kreáōn) (genitive plural); and Cretan κρίως (kríōs) (genitive singular)

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κρέας (kréas).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

κρέας (kréas) n (plural κρέατα)

  1. meat
    πρόβειο κρέαςpróveio kréas ― mutton (literally "sheep meat")

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