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κρεάγρα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: κρεάγρα

Structure: κρεαγρ (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: kre/as, a)gre/w

Sense

  1. a flesh-hook

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • παράθου γε μέντοι καὶ κρεάγραν. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Episode34)
  • ζωμήρυσιν φέροισ, ὀβελίσκουσ δώδεκα, κρεάγραν, θυίαν, τυροκνῆστιν παιδικήν, στελεόν, σκαφίδασ τρεῖσ, δορίδα,1 κοπίδασ τέτταρασ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 682)
  • εἴ με τὸ πυγίζειν ἀπολώλεκε, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἐκτρέφομαι ποδαγρῶν, Ζεῦ, κρεάγραν με πόει. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 2431)
  • τὼσ Λαρισσαίωσ βουγάστορασ ἑψητῆρασ, καὶ χύτρωσ, καὶ τὰν εὐρυχαδῆ κύλικα, καὶ τὰν εὐχάλκωτον ἐύγναμπτόν τε κρεάγραν, καὶ κνῆστιν, καὶ τὰν ἐτνοδόνον τορύναν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 3052)

Synonyms

  1. a flesh-hook

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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