Κρῆτα (Kreta)

Κρῆτα is an Ancient Greek form of Κρής, meaning “Cretan — a man from Crete”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun.

It can also be a form of Κρήτη, “Crete”. It is the nominative dual feminine noun.

Found 28 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 1.prol.13: … Πιττακός. τούτοις προσαριθμοῦσιν Ἀνάχαρσιν τὸν Σκύθην, Μύσωνα τὸν Χηνέα, Φερεκύδην τὸν Σύριον, Ἐπιμενίδην τὸν Κρῆτα· ἔνιοι δὲ καὶ Πεισίστρατον τὸν τύραννον. καὶ οἱ μὲν σοφοί. Φιλοσοφίας δὲ δύο γεγόνασιν ἀρχαί, ἥ τε ἀπὸ Ἀναξιμ …

Greek Anthology, Greek Anthology, Ἀνθολογία, Volume II 7.275.1: ἁ Πέλοπος νᾶσος καὶ δύσπλοος ὤλεσε Κρήτα,

All forms of Κρής (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.