ΚΡΑΤΗΡΟΣ, κρατηρος
KRATĒROS, kratēros
Sounds Like: kra-TEE-ros
Translations: of a mixing bowl, of a bowl, of a crater
From the root: ΚΡΑΤΗΡ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: ΚΡΑΤΗΡΟΣ is the genitive singular form of the noun ΚΡΑΤΗΡ, which refers to a large bowl used for mixing wine with water. In ancient times, wine was typically diluted before consumption, and this vessel was central to that practice. It can also refer to a bowl in a more general sense, or even a volcanic crater due to its shape.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2914 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:77
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 12 — 2:80
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΡΑΤΗΡ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΚΡΑΤΗΡ — mixing bowl, bowl, cup, a mixing bowl, a bowl, a cup
- ΚΡΑΤΗΡΑ — mixing bowl, a mixing bowl, bowl, a bowl, crater, a crater
- ΚΡΑΤΗΡΑΣ — bowl, a bowl, mixing bowl, a mixing bowl, crater, a crater
- ΚΡΑΤΗΡΕΣ — bowls, cups, craters, mixing bowls
- ΚΡΑΤΗΡΙ — a mixing bowl, a bowl, a crater
- ΚΡΑΤΗΡΣΙΝ — mixing bowl, a mixing bowl
- ΚΡΑΤΗΡΩΝ — of mixing bowls, of craters, of bowls
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