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κρέας

κρέας, flesh, meat, a piece of meat

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κρέως Noun: neuter genitive singular of κρέας

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κρέας, τό, Dor. κρῆς (q.v.), Ep. κρεῖας dub. cj. in Anan. 5.3; Att. gen. κρέως S. Fr. 728; Cret. κρίως GDI 5128 (Vaxos): pl. κρέα IG 1(2).84.26, etc.; gen. κρεῶν Od. 15.98, Hdt. 1.73, IG 1(2).10.7, Ar. Ra. 191, etc.; Ep. κρειῶν Il. 11.551, al., κρεάων [ᾰ] h.Merc. 130; dat. κρέασι Il. 12.311, κρέεσσι Orac. ap. Hdt. 1.47, κρεάεσσι Epic. in Arch.Pap. 7.4. [κρέᾰ Hom., E. Cyc. 126, Ar. V. 363, al., κρέʼ elided Od. 3.65, 470, Ar. Th. 558, κρέᾱ Antiph. 20 (s.v.l.).]:—
  • flesh, meat, Od. 8.477, etc.; ἄρνειον κ. piece of lamb, Pherecr. 45, cf. Ar. Pl. 1137; ἐρίφειον Antiph. 222.6; τρία κρέα [ἢ] καὶ πλείω X. Cyr. 2.2.2; τέτταρα . . κρέα μικρά Antiph. 172.3 (anap.): pl., mostly in collect. sense, dressed meat, Od. 3.65, etc.; κ. ἑφθά Hdt. 3.23; κ. ἀνάβραστα, ὠπτημένα, Ar. Ra. 553, Pl. 894; κ. ὀρνίθεια Id. Nu. 339; βοῶν Id. Pax 1280; βόεια Pl. R. 338c; δαῖτα παιδείων κρεῶν A. Ag. 1242, 1593; κ. Ἀθηναίοις μερίζειν, νέμειν τῷ δήμῳ, IG 2(2).334.15, 24.
      • 2 carcass: hence, body, person, τοῦδε τοῦ κρέως (i.e. ἐμοῦ) S. l.c. (satyric): in Com. addresses, like κάρα, ὦ δεξιώτατον κρέας Ar. Eq. 421, cf. 457: prov., ὁ λαγὼς τὸν περὶ τῶν κρεῶν [δρόμον] τρέχει ‘to save oneʼs bacon’, Zen. 4.85, cf. Plu. Suav. 2.1087b; so νεναυμάχηκε τὴν περὶ τῶν κρεῶν Ar. Ra. 191, v. Sch. (κρεϝας, cf. Skt. krauís ‘raw meat’, Lat. cruor.)

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