crena

English

Etymology

Latin crēna

Noun

crena (plural crenae)

1. (sciences) A furrow or notch.

Anagrams

• Caren, Carne, Cerna, Crane, Crean, Nérac, Rance, caner, caren, crane, nacre, nacré, rance, recan

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps from the Proto-Indo-European roots *(s)ker- (“to cut off”) or *krey- (“to separate”). Spuriously attested in Pliny.

Noun

crēna f (genitive crēnae); first declension

1. incision, notch

   Synonyms: incīsiō, incīsūra

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	crēna	crēnae
Genitive	crēnae	crēnārum
Dative	crēnae	crēnīs
Accusative	crēnam	crēnās
Ablative	crēnā	crēnīs
Vocative	crēna	crēnae

Derived terms

• crēnātus

References

• “crena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• crena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.