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Ancient Greek
Etymology
- From Κρυς (Krus), mythological hero, probably an indigenous ethnic Pre-Greek name.
- One proposal derives it from a hypothetical Luwian *kursatta; cf. kursawar (“island”), kursatta,kursattar (“cutting, sliver”), 𒆪𒌑𒊒𒈾 (kuruna, “to cut”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /krɛ̌ː.tɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkre̝.te̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkri.ti/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkri.ti/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkri.ti/
Proper noun
Κρήτη • (Krḗtē) f (genitive Κρήτης); first declension
Inflection
Derived terms
- Κρής (Krḗs)
- Κρήσιος (Krḗsios)
- Κρῆσσα (Krêssa)
- κρησφύγετον (krēsphúgeton)
- κρησφύγιον (krēsphúgion)
- Κρηταεύς (Krētaeús)
- Κρηταιεύς (Krētaieús)
- Κρηταιίς (Krētaiís)
- Κρηταῖος (Krētaîos)
- Κρητάρχης (Krētárkhēs)
- Κρήτηθε (Krḗtēthe)
- Κρήτηθεν (Krḗtēthen)
- Κρήτηνδε (Krḗtēnde)
- Κρητίζω (Krētízō)
- Κρητικός (Krētikós)
- Κρητογενής (Krētogenḗs)
Descendants
- Arabic: كْرِيت (krīt), إِقْرِيطِش (ʔiqrīṭiš)
- Basque: Kreta
- Bulgarian: Крит (Krit)
- Catalan: Creta
- Dutch: Kreta
- English: Crete
- French: Crète
- German: Kreta
- Greek: Κρήτη (Kríti)
- Hebrew: כרתים (Kretim)
- Irish: An Chréit
- Italian: Creta
- Korean: 크레타 (keureta)
- Northern Kurdish: Kreta
- Latin: Creta
- Macedonian: Крит (Krit)
- Old Armenian: Կրետէ (Kretē)
- Armenian: Կրետե (Krete)
- Ottoman Turkish: كرید (girid), اكریت (igrit)
- Persian: کرت
- Portuguese: Creta
- Romanian: Creta
- Russian: Крит (Krit)
- Serbo-Croatian: Крит, Krit, Kreta
- Sicilian: Crita
- Spanish: Creta
- Ukrainian: Крит (Kryt)
- Welsh: Creta
References
- “Κρήτη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Κρήτη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Κρήτη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- 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
- G2914 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek Κρήτη (Krḗtē).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Κρήτη • (Kríti) f sg
- Crete (biggest island in Greece)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Κρήτη (Kríti) |
| genitive | Κρήτης (Krítis) |
| accusative | Κρήτη (Kríti) |
| vocative | Κρήτη (Kríti) |
Derived terms
- Κρητικός m (Kritikós, “male Cretan”)
- Κρητικιά f (Kritikiá, “female Cretan”)
- κρητικός (kritikós) (adjective)
Further reading
Κρήτη on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
