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.
- "χρυσίον μὲν ἢ ἀργύριον, Ἡράκλεισ, οὐδὲ κεκτῆσθαι ἀξιῶ ὀβολὸσ ἱκανόσ, ὡσ θέρμουσ πριαίμην ποτὸν γάρ ἢ κρήνη ἢ ποταμὸσ παρέξει. (Lucian, Fugitivi, (no name) 20:1)
- λέγεται οὖν ὅπου νῦν ἡ κρήνη ἐστὶν Ὑπέλαιοσ καλουμένη καὶ ὁ ἱερὸσ λιμὴν ἁλιέασ ἀριστοποιεῖσθαι, καὶ τῶν ἰχθύων τινὰ ἀποθορόντα σὺν ἀνθρακιᾷ εἰσπεσεῖν εἰσ φορυτόν, καὶ ἁφθῆναι ὑπ’. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 62 1:2)
- κρήνη δ’ ἐν Βοιωτίᾳ ἡ Τιλφῶσσα· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 15 1:4)
- φασι τοὺσ ἐγχωρίουσ ὑποπίνειν προσιόντασ, ἁλμώδεισ δ’ ἅμα τῷ ὀξεῖ ἐν Σικανοῖσ τῆσ Σικελίασ, ἐν τῇ Καρχηδονίων δὲ ἐπικρατείᾳ κρήνη ἐστὶν ᾗ τὸ ἐφιστάμενον ἐλαίῳ ἐστὶν ὅμοιον, μελάντερον δὲ τὴν χρόαν ὃ ἀποσφαιροῦντεσ χρῶνται πρὸσ τὰ πρόβατα καὶ τὰ κτήνη, καὶ παρ’ ἄλλοισ δ’ εἰσὶ λίποσ ἔχουσαι τοιοῦτον, ὡσ ἡ ἐν Ἀσίᾳ, ὑπὲρ ἧσ Ἀλέξανδροσ ἐπέστειλεν ὡσ ἐλαίου κρήνην εὑρηκώσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 17 1:1)
- ἐν Τήνῳ κρήνη ἐστὶν ἧσ τῷ ὕδατι οἶνοσ οὐ μίγνυται. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 18 1:6)
Synonyms
-
well
- πηγή (spring, well, fountain)
- πιδαξ (a spring, fountain)
-
waters
