creber, crebra -crebrum, crebrior -or -us, creberrimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 2nd
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
thick/crowded/packed/close set; frequent/repeated, constant; numerous/abundant;
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | creber | crebri |
| Gen. | crebri | crebrorum |
| Dat. | crebro | — |
| Acc. | crebrum | crebros |
| Voc. | creber | crebri |
| Abl. | crebro | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | crebra | crebrae |
| Gen. | crebrae | crebrarum |
| Dat. | crebrae | — |
| Acc. | crebram | crebras |
| Voc. | crebra | crebrae |
| Abl. | crebra | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | crebrum | crebra |
| Gen. | crebri | crebrorum |
| Dat. | crebro | — |
| Acc. | crebrum | crebra |
| Voc. | crebrum | crebra |
| Abl. | crebro | — |
comparative
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | crebrius | crebriora |
| Gen. | crebrioris | — |
| Acc. | crebrius | crebriora |
| Voc. | crebrius | crebriora |
superlative
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | creberrimus | creberrimi |
| Gen. | creberrimi | creberrimorum |
| Dat. | creberrimo | — |
| Acc. | creberrimum | creberrimos |
| Voc. | creberrime | creberrimi |
| Abl. | creberrimo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | creberrima | creberrimae |
| Gen. | creberrimae | creberrimarum |
| Dat. | creberrimae | — |
| Acc. | creberrimam | creberrimas |
| Voc. | creberrima | creberrimae |
| Abl. | creberrima | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | creberrimum | creberrima |
| Gen. | creberrimi | creberrimorum |
| Dat. | creberrimo | — |
| Acc. | creberrimum | creberrima |
| Voc. | creberrimum | creberrima |
| Abl. | creberrimo | — |
Examples
Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...620Alcides primo uoluit certamine totis,exhausitque uirum, quod creber anhelitus illiprodidit et gelidus fesso de corpore sudor.tum ceruix..."Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...voltus et acer, sollicitae porro plenaeque sonoribus aures, creber spiritus aut ingens raroque coortus, sudorisque madens per collum..."Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...naris aduncae cruor et uenas rumpit hiantes; intima creber uiscera quassat gemitus stridens 192a et sacer ignis pascitur..."Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...nobis auditus est, clari vir ingenii et sententiis creber, sed minus pressus quam historiae auctoritas postulat. CIII. Quam..."Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...vastis tremit ictibus aerea puppis subtrahiturque solum, tum creber anhelitus artus aridaque ora quatit, sudor fluit undique rivis..."Liber III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...dira per incautum serpant contagia uulgus. non tam creber agens hiemem ruit aequore turbo quam multae pecudum pestes..."Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...tellure regesta obruit et scrobibus tacitus discedit opertis. creber harundinibus tremulis ibi surgere lucus coepit et, ut primum..."