Κρήτη

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

From Κρυς, mythological hero, probably an indigenous ethnic pre-Greek name.

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /krɛ͜ɛ́tɛ͜ɛ/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /kréːteː/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /kríti/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /kríti/

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

Proper noun

Κρήτη (genitive Κρήτης) f, first declension; (Krētē)

1. Crete.

Inflection

    Inflection

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Κρήτη
Genitive	τῆς Κρήτης
Dative	τῇ Κρήτῃ
Accusative	τὴν Κρήτην
Vocative	Κρήτη

Derived terms

Κρής Κρήσιος Κρῆσσα κρησφύγετον

κρησφύγιον Κρηταεύς Κρηταιίς Κρηταιεύς

Κρηταῖος Κρητάρχης Κρήτηθε Κρήτηθεν

Κρητίζω Κρήτηνδε Κρητικός Κρητογενής

Descendants

Arabic: كريت Basque: Kreta Bulgarian: Крит (Krit) Catalan: Creta English: Crete French: Crète German: Kreta Greek: Κρήτη (Kriti) Hebrew: כרתים (Kretim) Italian: Creta Kurdish: Kreta Latin: Creta

Macedonian: Крит (Krit) Old Armenian: Կրետէ (Kretē) Armenian: Կրետե (Krete) Persian: کرت Portuguese: Creta Romanian: Creta Russian: Крит (Krit) Serbo-Croatian: Крит, Krit Sicilian: Creta Spanish: Creta Turkish: Girit Ukrainian: Крит (Kryt)

References

• LSJ
• NA27
• Bauer lexicon
• Strong's Concordance number: G2914
• Woodhouse’s English-Greek Dictionary page 1007

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Proper noun

Κρήτη f (Kríti, )

1. Crete (island)

Declension

    declension of Κρήτη

	singular (ενικός)
nominative (ονομαστική)	Κρήτη
genitive (γενική)	Κρήτης
accusative (αιτιατική)	Κρήτη
vocative (κλητική)	Κρήτη

See also

• Κρήτη on the Greek Wikipedia.el.Wikipedia