κρήνη
First declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
κρήνη
κρήνης
Structure:
κρην
(Stem)
+
η
(Ending)
Sense
- well, spring, fountain
- (in the plural, poetic) waters
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.
- οὕτωσ ἀπορία μέν σε θέρμων ἔσχεν ἢ τῶν ἀγρίων λαχάνων, ἐπέλιπον δὲ καὶ αἱ κρῆναι ῥέουσαι τοῦ ψυχροῦ ὕδατοσ, ὡσ ἐπὶ ταῦτά σε ὑπ’ ἀμηχανίασ ἐλθεῖν; (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 24:6)
- νιφόβολον Φρυγῶν νάποσ Ἴδασ τ’ ὄρεα, Πρίαμοσ ὅθι ποτὲ βρέφοσ ἁπαλὸν ἔβαλε ματέροσ ἀποπρὸ νοσφίσασ ἐπὶ μόρῳ θανατόεντι Πάριν, ὃσ Ἰδαῖοσ Ἰ‐ δαῖοσ ἐλέγετ’ ἐλέγετ’ ἐν Φρυγῶν πόλει, μή ποτ’ ὤφελεσ τὸν ἀμφὶ βουσὶ βουκόλον τραφέντ’ Ἀλέξανδρον οἰκίσαι ἀμφὶ τὸ λευκὸν ὕδωρ, ὅθι κρῆναι Νυμφᾶν κεῖνται λειμών τ’ ἔρνεσι θάλλων χλωροῖσ καὶ ῥοδόεντ’ ἄνθε’ ὑακίνθινά τε θεαῖσ δρέπειν· (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, choral, lyric6)
- "κρῆναι πίσυρεσ ῥέον ὕδατι λευκῷ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 13 1:2)
- κορυφὴ μὲν οὖν ἁπάντων καὶ σκοπόσ, ἐξ οὗ περ πάντεσ ποταμοὶ καὶ πᾶσα θάλασσα καὶ πᾶσαι κρῆναι, δικαίωσ ἂν Ὅμηροσ λέγοιτο. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, chapter 244)
- καθάπερ γὰρ ἡμῖν οἰνοχόοισ τισὶν παρεστᾶσιν κρῆναι, καὶ μέλιτοσ μὲν ἂν ἀπεικάζοι τισ τὴν τῆσ ἡδονῆσ, τὴν δὲ τῆσ φρονήσεωσ νηφαντικὴν καὶ ἀοίνον αὐστηροῦ τινοσ καὶ ὑγιεινοῦ ὕδατοσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 21 1:1)
Synonyms
-
well
- πηγή (spring, well, fountain)
- πιδαξ (a spring, fountain)
-
waters
