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 • (kreắgrā) 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 kreắgrā	τὼ κρεᾰ́γρᾱ tṑ kreắgrā	αἱ κρεᾰ́γραι hai kreắgrai
Genitive	τῆς κρεᾰ́γρᾱς tês kreắgrās	τοῖν κρεᾰ́γραιν toîn kreắgrain	τῶν κρεᾰγρῶν tôn kreăgrôn
Dative	τῇ κρεᾰ́γρᾳ têi kreắgrāi	τοῖν κρεᾰ́γραιν toîn kreắgrain	ταῖς κρεᾰ́γραις taîs kreắgrais
Accusative	τὴν κρεᾰ́γρᾱν tḕn kreắgrān	τὼ κρεᾰ́γρᾱ tṑ kreắgrā	τᾱ̀ς κρεᾰ́γρᾱς tā̀s kreắgrās
Vocative	κρεᾰ́γρᾱ kreắgrā	κρεᾰ́γρᾱ kreắgrā	κρεᾰ́γραι kreắgrai
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