κρέας, τό,
Doric dialect κρῆς (which see),
Epic dialect κρεῖας uncertain conjecture in [
Refs 6th c.BC+]; Cretan dialect [
Refs], etc;
genitive [
Refs 8th c.BC+], +others, κρεάων [ᾰ] [
Refs 8th c.BC+], κρέεσσι Oracle texts cited in [
Refs 8th c.BC+] (assuming variant).]:—
flesh, meat, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
piece of lamb, [
Refs 6th c.BC+] (
anapaest meter):
plural, mostly in
collective sense,
dressed meat, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; κ. ἀνάβραστα, ὠπτημένα, [
Refs 6th c.BC+]; κ. Ἀθηναίοις μερίζειν, νέμειν τῷ δήμῳ, [
Refs]
2)
carcass: hence,
body, person, τοῦδε τοῦ κρέως (i.e. ἐμοῦ) S. [prev. cited] (satyric): in Comedy texts addresses, like{κάρα}, ὦ δεξιώτατον κρέας [
Refs 6th c.BC+], see Scholia (κρεϝας, cf. Sanskrit
krauís 'raw meat', Latin
cruor.)