κρησέρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κρησέρη (krēsérē) — Ionic

Etymology

Isolated words in -έρα, like διφθέρα (diphthéra), ἀσκέρα (askéra), χολέρα (kholéra) and κυσέρη (kusérē), are likely to be loans. Theoretically, from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to sieve”), the same root of κρίνω (krínō, “to sieve”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /krɛː.sé.ra/ → /kriˈse.ra/ → /kriˈse.ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /krɛː.sé.ra/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kre̝ˈse.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kriˈse.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kriˈse.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kriˈse.ra/

Noun

κρησέρᾰ • (krēséra) f (genitive κρησέρᾱς); first declension

1. flour sieve, bolting sieve
2. fine net for fishing

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κρησέρᾰ; τῆς κρησέρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κρησέρᾰ hē krēséra	τὼ κρησέρᾱ tṑ krēsérā	αἱ κρησέραι hai krēsérai
Genitive	τῆς κρησέρᾱς tês krēsérās	τοῖν κρησέραιν toîn krēsérain	τῶν κρησερῶν tôn krēserôn
Dative	τῇ κρησέρᾳ têi krēsérāi	τοῖν κρησέραιν toîn krēsérain	ταῖς κρησέραις taîs krēsérais
Accusative	τὴν κρησέρᾰν tḕn krēséran	τὼ κρησέρᾱ tṑ krēsérā	τᾱ̀ς κρησέρᾱς tā̀s krēsérās
Vocative	κρησέρᾰ krēséra	κρησέρᾱ krēsérā	κρησέραι krēsérai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κρησέριον (krēsérion)
• κρησερίτης (krēserítēs)

 

Further reading

• “κρησέρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κρησέρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN