καλλίκρεας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κᾰλλι- (kălli-, “beautiful”) +‎ κρέᾰς (kréăs, “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 • (kăllĭ́kreăs) n (genitive κᾰλλῐκρέως); third declension

1. Synonym of πάγκρεᾰς (pánkreăs).

Inflection

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

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κᾰλλῐ́κρεᾰς tò kăllĭ́kreăs	τὼ κᾰλλῐκρέᾱ tṑ kăllĭkréā	τᾰ̀ κᾰλλῐκρέᾱ tằ kăllĭkréā
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰλλῐκρέως toû kăllĭkréōs	τοῖν κᾰλλῐκρεῷν toîn kăllĭkreôin	τῶν κᾰλλῐκρεῶν tôn kăllĭkreôn
Dative	τῷ κᾰλλῐ́κρεαι / κᾰλλῐκρέᾳ tôi kăllĭ́kreai / kăllĭkréāi	τοῖν κᾰλλῐκρεῷν toîn kăllĭkreôin	τοῖς κᾰλλῐκρέᾰσῐ / κᾰλλῐκρέᾰσῐν toîs kăllĭkréăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ κᾰλλῐ́κρεᾰς tò kăllĭ́kreăs	τὼ κᾰλλῐκρέᾱ tṑ kăllĭkréā	τᾰ̀ κᾰλλῐκρέᾱ tằ kăllĭkréā
Vocative	κᾰλλῐ́κρεᾰς kăllĭ́kreăs	κᾰλλῐκρέᾱ kăllĭkréā	κᾰλλῐκρέᾱ kăllĭkréā
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