creta
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cretus, creta, cretum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
born of; arisen/sprung/descended from;
abl. sg. (f.)acc. pl. (n.)nom. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. sg. (f.)voc. pl. (n.) - Entry →cerno, cernere, crevi, cretus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
sift, separate, distinguish, discern, resolve, determine; see; examine; decide;; come forth/to be; arise/spring (from); be born; become visible/great; grow (up);; thrive, increase (size/number/honor), multiply; ascend; attain, be promoted;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. pl. perf. pass. part.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →creta, cretae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
clay/clayey soil; chalk; white/fuller's earth; paint/whitening; white goal line;; Crete, island of Crete;
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Poenulus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...vostram fidem, quam orationem hanc aures dulcem devorant. creta est profecto horum hominum oratio, ut mi apsterserunt omnem..."Aulularia
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...scio fures esse hic complures, qui vestitu et creta occultant sese atque sedent quasi sint frugi. quid..."Liber VIII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Aegyptus populis fortasse nepotumtam mendax Magni tumulo quam Creta Tonantis..."Liber VII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...quae seruit purpura ferro.illuc et Libye Numidas et Creta Cydonasmisit, Ityraeis cursus fuit inde sagittis, 230inde, truces Galli..."Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...quod dites Asiae populi misere tributumuictorique dedit Minoia Creta Metello,quod Cato longinqua uexit super aequora Cypro.tunc Orientis..."Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...arces. urbs est Dictaeis olim possessa colonis, 610quos Creta profugos uexere per aequora puppes Cecropiae uictum mentitis Thesea..."Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...visendi cognoscendique eius gratia venerat V. C., praeses Cretae provinciae, et cum eo simul eiusdem praesidis pater. Taurus..."Truculentus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...potestatem coloris ulli capiendi, mala. buccas rubrica, creta omne corpus intinxti tibi. pessumae estis. AST. Quid est quod..."
