κρέας

English (LSJ)

τό, Dor. κρῆς (q.v.), Ep. κρεῖας dub. cj. in Anan.5.3; Att. gen.

   A κρέως S.Fr.728; Cret. κρίως GDI5128 (Vaxos): pl. κρέα IG12.84.26, etc.; gen. κρεῶν Od.15.98, Hdt.1.73, IG12.10.7, Ar.Ra.191, etc.; Ep. κρειῶν Il.11.551, al., κρεάων [ᾰ] h.Merc.130; dat. κρέασι Il.12.311, κρέεσσι Orac. ap. Hdt.1.47, κρεάεσσι Epic.in Arch.Pap.7.4. [κρέᾰ Hom., E.Cyc.126, Ar.V.363, al., κρέ) elided Od.3.65, 470, Ar.Th. 558, κρέᾱ Antiph.20 (s.v.l.).]:—flesh, meat, Od.8.477, etc.; ἄρνειον κ. piece of lamb, Pherecr.45, cf. Ar.Pl.1137; ἐρίφειον Antiph.222.6; τρία κρέα [ἢ] καὶ πλείω X.Cyr.2.2.2; τέτταρα . . κρέα μικρά Antiph. 172.3 (anap.): pl., mostly in collect. sense, dressed meat, Od.3.65, etc.; κ. ἑφθά Hdt.3.23; κ. ἀνάβραστα, ὠπτημένα, Ar.Ra.553, Pl.894; κ. ὀρνίθεια Id.Nu.339; βοῶν Id.Pax1280; βόεια Pl.R.338c; δαῖτα παιδείων κρεῶν A.Ag.1242, 1593; κ. Ἀθηναίοις μερίζειν, νέμειν τῷ δήμῳ, IG22.334.15, 24.    2 carcass: hence, body, person, τοῦδε τοῦ κρέως (i.e. ἐμοῦ) S.l.c. (satyric): in Com. addresses, like κάρα, ὦ δεξιώτατον κρέας Ar.Eq.421, cf. 457: prov., ὁ λαγὼς τὸν περὶ τῶν κρεῶν [δρόμον] τρέχει 'to save one's bacon', Zen.4.85, cf. Plu.2.1087b; so νεναυμάχηκε τὴν περὶ τῶν κρεῶν Ar.Ra.191, v. Sch. (κρεϝας, cf. Skt. krauís 'raw meat', Lat. cruor.)