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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative κρεάγρα κρεάγρᾱ κρεάγραι
Genitive κρεάγρᾱς κρεάγραιν κρεαγρῶν
Dative κρεάγρᾱͅ κρεάγραιν κρεάγραις
Accusative κρεάγρᾱν κρεάγρᾱ κρεάγρᾱς
Vocative κρεάγρᾱ κρεάγρᾱ κρεάγραι

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

  • καὶ ἤρχετο τὸ παιδάριον τοῦ ἱερέωσ, ὡσ ἂν ἡψήθη τὸ κρέασ, καὶ κρεάγρα τριόδουσ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ, (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 2:13)
  • καὶ τῶν κρεαγρῶν καὶ σπονδείων καὶ τῶν φιαλῶν τῶν χρυσῶν καὶ τὸν σταθμὸν τῶν χρυσῶν καὶ ἀργυρῶν, καὶ θυί̈σκων κεφφουρὲ ἑκάστου σταθμοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 28:17)
  • κατασπείροντι δ’ ἄροτρον ἄγκιστρον ναύταισ ὀψοφάγοισ κρεάγρα· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 2035)
  • καὶ ἐπάταξεν αὐτὴν εἰσ τὸν λέβητα τὸν μέγαν ἢ εἰσ τὸ χαλκεῖον ἢ εἰσ τὴν χύτραν. καὶ πᾶν, ὃ ἐὰν ἀνέβη ἐν τῇ κρεάγρᾳ, ἐλάμβανεν ἑαυτῷ ὁ ἱερεύσ. κατὰ τάδε ἐποίουν παντὶ Ἰσραὴλ τοῖσ ἐρχομένοισ θῦσαι Κυρίῳ ἐν Σηλὼμ. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 2:14)
  • κεἰ μὴ τούτοισι πέποιθασ, ἐπὶ ταυτησὶ κατακνησθείην ἐν μυττωτῷ μετὰ τυροῦ, καὶ τῇ κρεάγρᾳ τῶν ὀρχιπέδων ἑλκοίμην ἐσ Κεραμεικόν. (Aristotle, Agon, Epirrheme4)

Synonyms

  1. a flesh-hook

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

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