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κρείουσα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: κρείουσα

Structure: κρειους (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: v. krei/wn.

Sense

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

  • τῇ δ’ ἐπὶ καὶ Μελίτην, λιαρῷ περιγηθέεσ οὔρῳ, αἰπεινήν τε Κερωσσόν, ὕπερθε δὲ πολλὸν ἐοῦσαν Νυμφαίην παράμειβον, ἵνα κρείουσα Καλυψὼ Ἀτλαντὶσ ναίεσκε· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 10:11)
  • ὧδε καὶ ἀθανάτων ἱερὸσ γάμοσ ἐξετελέσθη, οὓσ τέκετο κρείουσα ̔Ρέα βασιλῆασ Ὀλύμπου· (Theocritus, Idylls, 66)
  • ὥσ γ’ ὄφελον μετὰ παισὶν ἅμα θνήσκουσα καὶ αὐτὴ κεῖσθαι φαρμακόεντα δι’ ἥπατοσ ἰὸν ἔχουσα, <ἢ καὶ σοῖσ ἀγανοῖσιν ὑπαὶ βελέεσσι δαμῆναι> Ἄρτεμι θηλυτέρῃσι μέγα κρείουσα γυναιξί. (Theocritus, Idylls, 16)
  • καὶ γὰρ νῦν δύο παῖδε Λυκάονα καὶ Πολύδωρον οὐ δύναμαι ἰδέειν Τρώων εἰσ ἄστυ ἀλέντων, τούσ μοι Λαοθόη τέκετο κρείουσα γυναικῶν. (Homer, Iliad, Book 22 6:6)

Similar forms

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

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