cretus
Latin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkreː.tus/, [ˈkreːt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkre.tus/, [ˈkrɛːt̪us]
Etymology 1
editPerfect passive participle of cernō (“discern”).
Participle
editcrētus (feminine crēta, neuter crētum); first/second-declension participle
- separated, having been separated, sifted, having been sifted
- distinguished, having been distinguished, discerned, having been discerned, seen, having been seen
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | crētus | crēta | crētum | crētī | crētae | crēta | |
Genitive | crētī | crētae | crētī | crētōrum | crētārum | crētōrum | |
Dative | crētō | crētō | crētīs | ||||
Accusative | crētum | crētam | crētum | crētōs | crētās | crēta | |
Ablative | crētō | crētā | crētō | crētīs | |||
Vocative | crēte | crēta | crētum | crētī | crētae | crēta |
Etymology 2
editPerfect participle of crēscō (“increase, grow”).
Participle
editcrētus (feminine crēta, neuter crētum); first/second-declension participle
- having [...]: become visible, sprung from, arisen, come forth, been born
- having increased or augmented
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | crētus | crēta | crētum | crētī | crētae | crēta | |
Genitive | crētī | crētae | crētī | crētōrum | crētārum | crētōrum | |
Dative | crētō | crētō | crētīs | ||||
Accusative | crētum | crētam | crētum | crētōs | crētās | crēta | |
Ablative | crētō | crētā | crētō | crētīs | |||
Vocative | crēte | crēta | crētum | crētī | crētae | crēta |
References
edit- “cretus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cretus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cretus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- cretus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.