κρέας: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, Dor. [[κρῆς]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]), Ep. [[κρεῖας]] dub. cj. in Anan.5.3; Att. gen.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[κρέως]] [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''728; Cret. [[κρίως]] ''GDI''5128 (Vaxos): pl. κρέα ''IG''12.84.26, etc.; gen. κρεῶν Od.15.98, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.73, ''IG''12.10.7, Ar.''Ra.''191, etc.; Ep. [[κρειῶν]] Il.11.551, al., [[κρεάων [ᾰ]]] ''h.Merc.''130; dat. κρέασι Il.12.311, [[κρέεσσι]] Orac. ap. [[Herodotus|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 ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]).]:—[[flesh]], [[meat]], Od.8.477, etc.; [[ἄρνειον κρέας]] = [[piece of lamb]], Pherecr.45, cf. Ar.''Pl.''1137; ἐρίφειον Antiph.222.6; τρία κρέα [ἢ] καὶ πλείω [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''2.2.2; τέτταρα… κρέα μικρά Antiph. 172.3 (anap.): pl., mostly in collect. sense, [[dressed meat]], Od.3.65, etc.; κρέα ἑφθά [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.23; κρέα ἀνάβραστα, ὠπτημένα>, Ar.''Ra.''553, ''Pl.''894; κ. ὀρνίθεια Id.''Nu.''339; βοῶν Id.''Pax''1280; βόεια [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 338c; δαῖτα παιδείων κρεῶν A.''Ag.''1242, 1593; κρέας Ἀθηναίοις μερίζειν, νέμειν τῷ δήμῳ, ''IG''22.334.15, 24.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[carcass]]: hence, [[body]], [[person]], [[τοῦδε τοῦ κρέως]] (i.e. [[ἐμοῦ]]) S.l.c. (satyric): in Com. addresses, like [[κάρα]], ὦ δεξιώτατον κρέας [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''421, cf. 457: [[proverb|prov.]], [[ὁ λαγὼς τὸν περὶ τῶν κρεῶν δρόμον τρέχει]], [[ὁ λαγὼς τὸν περὶ τῶν κρεῶν 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]].)