καλλίκρεας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κᾰλλι- (kalli-, “beautiful”) +‎ κρέᾰς (kréas, “flesh, meat”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kal.lí.kre.as/ → /kalˈli.kre.as/ → /kaˈli.kre.as/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kal.lí.kre.as/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kalˈli.kre.as/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kalˈli.kre.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kalˈli.kre.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈli.kre.as/

Noun

κᾰλλῐ́κρεᾰς • (kallíkreas) n (genitive κᾰλλῐκρέως); third declension

1. Synonym of πάγκρεᾰς (pánkreas).

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ κᾰλλῐ́κρεᾰς; τοῦ κᾰλλῐκρέως (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κᾰλλῐ́κρεᾰς tò kallíkreas	τὼ κᾰλλῐκρέᾱ tṑ kallikréā	τᾰ̀ κᾰλλῐκρέᾱ tà kallikréā
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰλλῐκρέως toû kallikréōs	τοῖν κᾰλλῐκρεῷν toîn kallikreôin	τῶν κᾰλλῐκρεῶν tôn kallikreôn
Dative	τῷ κᾰλλῐ́κρεαι / κᾰλλῐκρέᾳ tôi kallíkreai / kallikréāi	τοῖν κᾰλλῐκρεῷν toîn kallikreôin	τοῖς κᾰλλῐκρέᾰσῐ / κᾰλλῐκρέᾰσῐν toîs kallikréasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ κᾰλλῐ́κρεᾰς tò kallíkreas	τὼ κᾰλλῐκρέᾱ tṑ kallikréā	τᾰ̀ κᾰλλῐκρέᾱ tà kallikréā
Vocative	κᾰλλῐ́κρεᾰς kallíkreas	κᾰλλῐκρέᾱ kallikréā	κᾰλλῐκρέᾱ kallikréā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• ⇒ English: kallikrein

References

• “καλλίκρεας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press