Κρήτη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Κρυς (Krus), mythological hero, probably an indigenous ethnic Pre-Greek name.
One proposal derives it from a hypothetical Luwian *kursatta; cf. kursawar (“island”), kursattar (“cutting, sliver”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /krɛ̌ː.tɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkre̝.te̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkri.ti/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkri.ti/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkri.ti/

Proper noun

Κρήτη • (Krḗtē) f (genitive Κρήτης); first declension

Crete.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Κρήτη; τῆς Κρήτης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Κρήτη hē Krḗtē
Genitive	τῆς Κρήτης tês Krḗtēs
Dative	τῇ Κρήτῃ têi Krḗtēi
Accusative	τὴν Κρήτην tḕn Krḗtēn
Vocative	Κρήτη Krḗtē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Κρής (Krḗs)
Κρήσιος (Krḗsios)
Κρῆσσα (Krêssa)
κρησφύγετον (krēsphúgeton)
κρησφύγιον (krēsphúgion)
Κρηταεύς (Krētaeús)
Κρηταιίς (Krētaiís)
Κρηταιεύς (Krētaieús)
Κρηταῖος (Krētaîos)
Κρητάρχης (Krētárkhēs)
Κρήτηθε (Krḗtēthe)
Κρήτηθεν (Krḗtēthen)
Κρητίζω (Krētízō)
Κρήτηνδε (Krḗtēnde)
Κρητικός (Krētikós)
Κρητογενής (Krētogenḗs)

Descendants

Arabic: كْرِيت (krīt), إِقْرِيطِش (ʔiqrīṭiš)
Basque: Kreta
Bulgarian: Крит (Krit)
Catalan: Creta
Dutch: Kreta
English: Crete
French: Crète
German: Kreta
Greek: Κρήτη (Kríti)
Hebrew: כרתים (Kretim)
Irish: An Chréit
Italian: Creta
Korean: 크레타 (keureta)
Northern Kurdish: Kreta
Latin: Creta
Macedonian: Крит (Krit)
Old Armenian: Կրետէ (Kretē)
- Armenian: Կրետե (Krete)
Ottoman Turkish: گرید (girid)
- Turkish: Girit
Persian: کرت
Portuguese: Creta
Romanian: Creta
Russian: Крит (Krit)
Serbo-Croatian: Крит, Krit, Kreta
Sicilian: Crita
Spanish: Creta
Ukrainian: Крит (Kryt)
Welsh: Creta

References

“Κρήτη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“Κρήτη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“Κρήτη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
G2914 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek Κρήτη (Krḗtē).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkri.ti/
Hyphenation: Κρή‧τη

Proper noun

Κρήτη • (Kríti) f sg

Crete (biggest island in Greece)

Declension

Κρήτη

case \ number	singular
nominative	Κρήτη •
genitive	Κρήτης •
accusative	Κρήτη •
vocative	Κρήτη •

Derived terms

Κρητικός m (Kritikós, “male Cretan”)
Κρητικιά f (Kritikiá, “female Cretan”)
κρητικός (kritikós) (adjective)

Further reading

Κρήτη on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

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