cretae
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cretus, creta, cretum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
born of; arisen/sprung/descended from;
dat. sg. (f.)gen. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (f.)voc. pl. (f.) - 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;
dat. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. 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;
dat. sg.gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl. - Entry →Crete, Cretes:
Feminine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
Crete, island of Crete;
dat. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
- T
Poenulus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...vostram fidem, quam orationem hanc aures dulcem devorant. creta est profecto horum hominum oratio, ut mi apsterserunt omnem..." - T
Aulularia
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...scio fures esse hic complures, qui vestitu et creta occultant sese atque sedent quasi sint frugi. quid..." - M
Liber VIII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Aegyptus populis fortasse nepotumtam mendax Magni tumulo quam Creta Tonantis..." - M
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..." - M
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..." - M
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..." - A
Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...visendi cognoscendique eius gratia venerat V. C., praeses Cretae provinciae, et cum eo simul eiusdem praesidis pater. Taurus..." - T
Truculentus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...potestatem coloris ulli capiendi, mala. buccas rubrica, creta omne corpus intinxti tibi. pessumae estis. AST. Quid est quod..."
