κρέας

Ancient Greek

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 κρέᾱ tṑ kréā	τᾰ̀ κρέᾱ tà kréā
Genitive	τοῦ κρέως toû kréōs	τοῖν κρεοῖν toîn kreoîn	τῶν κρεῶν tôn kreôn
Dative	τῷ κρέᾳ tôi kréāi	τοῖν κρεοῖν toîn kreoîn	τοῖς κρέᾰσῐ / κρέᾰσῐν toîs kréasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ κρέᾰς tò kréas	τὼ κρέᾱ tṑ kréā	τᾰ̀ κρέᾱ tà kréā
Vocative	κρέᾰς kréas	κρέᾱ kréā	κρέᾱ kréā
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.

Derived terms

κρεάγρα (kreágra)
πάγκρεας (pánkreas)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κρέας”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 774

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κρέας (kréas), from Proto-Hellenic *kréwas, from Proto-Indo-European *kréwh₂s.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkreas/
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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