Κρήτη
Ancient GreekEdit
EtymologyEdit
- From Κρυς (Krus), mythological hero, probably an indigenous ethnic Pre-Greek name.
- One proposal derives it from a hypothetical Luwian *kursatta; cf. kursawar (“island”), kursattar (“cutting, sliver”).
PronunciationEdit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /krɛ̌ː.tɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkre.te/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkri.ti/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkri.ti/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkri.ti/
Proper nounEdit
Κρήτη • (Krḗtē) f (genitive Κρήτης); first declension
InflectionEdit
Derived termsEdit
- Κρής (Krḗs)
- Κρήσιος (Krḗsios)
- Κρῆσσα (Krêssa)
- κρησφύγετον (krēsphúgeton)
- κρησφύγιον (krēsphúgion)
- Κρηταεύς (Krētaeús)
- Κρηταιίς (Krētaiís)
- Κρηταιεύς (Krētaieús)
- Κρητίζω (Krētízō)
- Κρήτηνδε (Krḗtēnde)
- Κρητικός (Krētikós)
- Κρητογενής (Krētogenḗs)
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- 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[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007
GreekEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek Κρήτη (Krḗtē).
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Κρήτη • (Kríti) f
- Crete (biggest island in Greece)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of Κρήτη (Kríti)
singular | |
---|---|
nominative | Κρήτη • |
genitive | Κρήτης • |
accusative | Κρήτη • |
vocative | Κρήτη • |
Derived termsEdit
- Κρητικός m (Kritikós, “male Cretan”)
- Κρητικιά f (Kritikiá, “female Cretan”)
- κρητικός (kritikós) (adjective)
Further readingEdit
- Κρήτη on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el