Κρής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Κρήτη (Krḗtē, “Crete”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /krɛ̌ːs/ → /kris/ → /kris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /krɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kre̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kris/

Noun

Κρής • (Krḗs) m (genitive Κρητός); third declension

1. Cretan

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Κρής; τοῦ Κρητός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Κρής ho Krḗs	τὼ Κρῆτε tṑ Krête	οἱ Κρῆτες hoi Krêtes
Genitive	τοῦ Κρητός toû Krētós	τοῖν Κρητοῖν toîn Krētoîn	τῶν Κρητῶν tôn Krētôn
Dative	τῷ Κρητῐ́ tôi Krētí	τοῖν Κρητοῖν toîn Krētoîn	τοῖς Κρησῐ́ / Κρησῐ́ν toîs Krēsí(n)
Accusative	τὸν Κρῆτᾰ tòn Krêta	τὼ Κρῆτε tṑ Krête	τοὺς Κρῆτᾰς toùs Krêtas
Vocative	Κρής Krḗs	Κρῆτε Krête	Κρῆτες Krêtes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

Third declension of Κρής; Κρητός (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	Κρής Krḗs	Κρῆτε Krête	Κρῆτες Krêtes
Genitive	Κρητός Krētós	Κρητοῖῐν Krētoîin	Κρητῶν Krētôn
Dative	Κρητῐ́ Krētí	Κρητοῖῐν Krētoîin	Κρησῐ́ / Κρησῐ́ν / Κρήτεσσῐ / Κρήτεσσῐν / Κρήτεσῐ / Κρήτεσῐν Krēsí(n) / Krḗtessi(n) / Krḗtesi(n)
Accusative	Κρῆτᾰ Krêta	Κρῆτε Krête	Κρῆτᾰς Krêtas
Vocative	Κρής Krḗs	Κρῆτε Krête	Κρῆτες Krêtes
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

References

• “Κρής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Κρής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Κρής”, 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
• “Κρής”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G2912 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.
  • crete idem, page 184.
• Nestle, Eberhard, Aland, Kurt with et al. (2012) Novum Testamentum Graece‎^[2], 28th revised edition, 4th corrected printing edition, Stuttgart: Stuttgart Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, →ISBN