κρεάγρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κρέας (kréas, “meat”) +‎ ἄγρᾱ (ágrā, “hunting”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kre.á.ɡraː/ → /kreˈa.ɣra/ → /kreˈa.ɣra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kre.á.ɡraː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kreˈa.ɡra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kreˈa.ɣra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kreˈa.ɣra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kreˈa.ɣra/

Noun

κρεᾰ́γρᾱ • (kreágrā) f (genitive κρεᾰ́γρᾱς); first declension

1. fleshhook to take meat out of the pot

   Synonym: ἐξαυστήρ (exaustḗr)

2. (in general) hook to seize or drag by

Declension

First declension of ἡ κρεᾰ́γρᾱ; τῆς κρεᾰ́γρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κρεᾰ́γρᾱ hē kreágrā	τὼ κρεᾰ́γρᾱ tṑ kreágrā	αἱ κρεᾰ́γραι hai kreágrai
Genitive	τῆς κρεᾰ́γρᾱς tês kreágrās	τοῖν κρεᾰ́γραιν toîn kreágrain	τῶν κρεᾰγρῶν tôn kreagrôn
Dative	τῇ κρεᾰ́γρᾳ têi kreágrāi	τοῖν κρεᾰ́γραιν toîn kreágrain	ταῖς κρεᾰ́γραις taîs kreágrais
Accusative	τὴν κρεᾰ́γρᾱν tḕn kreágrān	τὼ κρεᾰ́γρᾱ tṑ kreágrā	τᾱ̀ς κρεᾰ́γρᾱς tā̀s kreágrās
Vocative	κρεᾰ́γρᾱ kreágrā	κρεᾰ́γρᾱ kreágrā	κρεᾰ́γραι kreágrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κρεάγρευτος (kreágreutos)
• κρεάγριον (kreágrion)
• κρεαγρίς (kreagrís)

 

References

• “κρεάγρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κρεάγρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κρεάγρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette