krater
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κρατήρ (kratḗr).
Noun
krater (plural kraters)
- (historical) An ancient Greek vessel for mixing water and wine.
- 2014, François Lissarrague, The Aesthetics of the Greek Banquet: Images of Wine and Ritual, Princeton University Press (→ISBN), page 34:
- In the tondo of a cup in the Louvre we see a young slave, a pais, dip an oenochoe into a garlanded krater; he is holding a cup in the other hand and is about to serve drinks (fig. 20).” By isolating this detail, the painter implies all the aspects of a […]
- 2014, François Lissarrague, The Aesthetics of the Greek Banquet: Images of Wine and Ritual, Princeton University Press (→ISBN), page 34:
Translations
Danish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κρατήρ (kratḗr, “mixing bowl, wassail-bowl”).
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κρατήρ (kratḗr, “mixing bowl, wassail-bowl”).
Noun
krater n (definite singular krateret or kratret, indefinite plural krater or kratre, definite plural kratra or kratrene)
- a crater
Usage notes
The indefinite plural kratere and definite plural kraterne are also used; these occur in Danish and may be acceptable in Riksmål, but not in Bokmål.
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κρατήρ (kratḗr, “mixing bowl, wassail-bowl”).
Noun
krater n (definite singular krateret, indefinite plural krater, definite plural kratera)
- a crater
Derived terms
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkra.tɛr/
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /krǎːter/
- Hyphenation: kra‧ter
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkràːtɛr/
- Tonal orthography: kráter
Declension
Declension of kráter (masculine inan., soft o-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | kráter | kráterja | kráterji |
accusative | kráter | kráterja | kráterje |
genitive | kráterja | kráterjev | kráterjev |
dative | kráterju | kráterjema | kráterjem |
locative | kráterju | kráterjih | kráterjih |
instrumental | kráterjem | kráterjema | kráterji |
Swedish
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