Isolated words in -έρα, like διφθέρα (diphthéra), ἀσκέρα (askéra), χολέρα (kholéra) and κυσέρη (kusérē), are likely to be loans. Theoretically, from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to sieve”), the same root of κρίνω (krínō, “to sieve”).
κρησέρᾰ • (krēséră) f (genitive κρησέρᾱς); first declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ κρησέρᾰ hē krēséră |
τὼ κρησέρᾱ tṑ krēsérā |
αἱ κρησέραι hai krēsérai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς κρησέρᾱς tês krēsérās |
τοῖν κρησέραιν toîn krēsérain |
τῶν κρησερῶν tôn krēserôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ κρησέρᾳ têi krēsérāi |
τοῖν κρησέραιν toîn krēsérain |
ταῖς κρησέραις taîs krēsérais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν κρησέρᾰν tḕn krēsérăn |
τὼ κρησέρᾱ tṑ krēsérā |
τᾱ̀ς κρησέρᾱς tā̀s krēsérās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κρησέρᾰ krēséră |
κρησέρᾱ krēsérā |
κρησέραι krēsérai | ||||||||||
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