cremator
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cremator, crematoris:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Age:
- Late
- Field:
- Religion
burner, consumer by fire; (God);
nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →cremo, cremare, cremavi, crematus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
burn (to ash)/cremate; consume/destroy (fire); burn alive; make burnt offering;
sg. fut. pass. imp. 2ndsg. fut. pass. imp. 3rd
Examples
Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...gnatis patres funesta pestis, una fax thalamos cremat, fletuque acerbo funera et questu carent. quin ipsa tanti peruicax..."Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...rapax ignis non umquam alimenta recusat innumerasque trabes cremat et, quo copia maior est data, plura petit turbaque..."
