κρεῖον

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /krêː.on/ → /ˈkri.on/ → /ˈkri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /krêː.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkri.on/

Etymology 1

From κρέας (kréas, “meat”) +‎ -ῐον (-ion). A contracted form κρίον (kríon) is possibly attested in Hesychius.

Noun

κρεῖον • (kreîon) n (genitive κρείου); second declension

1. meat-tray
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 9.206:

     αὐτὰρ ὅ γε κρεῖον μέγα κάββαλεν ἐν πυρὸς αὐγῇ

     autàr hó ge kreîon méga kábbalen en puròs augêi

     He in turn placed down a big meat-tray in the glow of the fire.

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κρεῖον; τοῦ κρείου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κρεῖον tò kreîon	τὼ κρείω tṑ kreíō	τᾰ̀ κρεῖᾰ tà kreîa
Genitive	τοῦ κρείου toû kreíou	τοῖν κρείοιν toîn kreíoin	τῶν κρείων tôn kreíōn
Dative	τῷ κρείῳ tôi kreíōi	τοῖν κρείοιν toîn kreíoin	τοῖς κρείοις toîs kreíois
Accusative	τὸ κρεῖον tò kreîon	τὼ κρείω tṑ kreíō	τᾰ̀ κρεῖᾰ tà kreîa
Vocative	κρεῖον kreîon	κρείω kreíō	κρεῖᾰ kreîa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Etymology 2

See the main entry.

Noun

κρεῖον • (kreîon)

1. vocative singular of κρείων (kreíōn)

Further reading

• “κρεῖον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κρεῖον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “κρεῖον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κρεῖον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κρεῖον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “κρεῖον”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011