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κρήνη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: κρήνη κρήνης

Structure: κρην (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. well, spring, fountain
  2. (in the plural, poetic) waters

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative κρήνη κρήνᾱ κρῆναι
Genitive κρήνης κρήναιν κρηνῶν
Dative κρήνῃ κρήναιν κρήναις
Accusative κρήνην κρήνᾱ κρήνᾱς
Vocative κρήνη κρήνᾱ κρῆναι

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 Ἰωὰβ υἱὸσ Σαρουί̈ασ καὶ οἱ παῖδεσ Δαυὶδ ἐξήλθοσαν ἐκ Χεβρὼν καὶ συναντῶσιν αὐτοῖσ ἐπὶ τὴν κρήνην τὴν Γαβαὼν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό, καὶ ἐκάθισαν οὗτοι ἐπὶ τὴ κρήνην ἐντεῦθεν, καὶ οὗτοι ἐπὶ τὴν κρήνην ἐντεῦθεν. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 2:13)
  • καὶ ἀπένιψαν τὸ αἷμα ἐπὶ τὴν κρήνην Σαμαρείασ, καὶ ἐξέλειξαν αἱ ὕεσ καὶ οἱ κύνεσ τὸ αἷμα, καὶ αἱ πόρναι ἐλούσαντο ἐν τῷ αἵματι κατὰ τὸ ρῆμα Κυρίου, ὃ ἐλάλησε. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 22:38)
  • καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων Ἐζεκίου καὶ πᾶσα ἡ δυναστεία αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὅσα ἐποίησε, τὴν κρήνην καὶ τὸν ὑδραγωγὸν καὶ εἰσήγαγε τὸ ὕδωρ εἰσ τὴν πόλιν, οὐχὶ ταῦτα γεγραμμένα ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῖσ βασιλεῦσιν Ἰούδα̣ (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 20:20)

Synonyms

  1. well

  2. waters

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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