Cressa

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κρῆσσα (Krêssa).

Proper noun

Crēssa f sg (genitive Crēssae); first declension

1. A city of Paphlagonia founded by Meriones after the war of Troy
2. A port town in Caria, mentioned by Pliny

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Crēssa
Genitive	Crēssae
Dative	Crēssae
Accusative	Crēssam
Ablative	Crēssā
Vocative	Crēssa
Locative	Crēssae

Descendants

• Translingual: Cressa

References

• Cressa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Cressa”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly