κρέας

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κρεῖας (Epic)
• κρῆς (Doric)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kreuh₂. Cognates include Sanskrit क्रविस् (kravís), Latin cruor, Proto-Slavic *kry, and Old English hrǣw (English raw) (Italian crudo).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /kré.as/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /krɛ́as/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /kréas/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /kréas/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /kɾéas/

Noun

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

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 (keras, “horn”)

κρέατ-

Third declension of κρέας, κρέατος

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	κρέας	κρέατε	κρέατᾰ
Genitive	κρέατος	κρεάτοιν	κρεάτων
Dative	κρέατῐ	κρεάτοιν	κρέασῐ(ν)
Accusative	κρέας	κρέατε	κρέατᾰ
Vocative	κρέας	κρέατε	κρέατᾰ

κρέα- (contracted)

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	κρέας	κρέα	κρέα
Genitive	κρέως	κρεῷν	κρεῶν
Dative	κρέαι	κρεῷν	κρέασι(ν)
Accusative	κρέας	κρέα	κρέα
Vocative	κρέας	κρέα	κρέα

Other forms include Homeric κρέεσσι, κρεάεσσι (dative plural); κρειῶν, κρεάων (genitive plural); and Cretan κρίως (genitive singular)

References

• LSJ
• BDAG
• Robert S. P. Beekes (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill Academic Publishers)
• Strong’s concordance number: G2907

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κρέας (kreas).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkre̞as/
• Hyphenation: κρέ‧ας

Noun

κρέας (kréas) n,   plural κρέατα

1. meat

Declension

declension of κρέας

	singular (ενικός)	plural (πληθυντικός)
nominative (ονομαστική)	κρέας	κρέατα
genitive (γενική)	κρέατος	κρεάτων
accusative (αιτιατική)	κρέας	κρέατα
vocative (κλητική)	κρέας	κρέατα