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
- M
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..." - T
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..." - L
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..." - M
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..."