cretam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cretus, creta, cretum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
born of; arisen/sprung/descended from;
acc. sg. (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;
acc. sg. 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;
acc. sg.
Examples
Mercator
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...capiam civitatem, cogito, potissimum: Megares, Eretriam, Corinthum, Chalcidem, Cretam, Cyprum, Sicyonem, Cnidum, Zacynthum, Lesbiam, Boeotiam. EVT. Cur istuc..."Hannibal
Cornelius Nepos
"...quod sine dubio accidisset, si sui fecisset potestatem, Cretam ad Gortynios venit, ut ibi, quo se conferret, consideraret..."Liber III
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...sentimus adhaesum corpore nec membris incussam sidere cretam, nec nebulam noctu neque arani tenvia fila obvia sentimus, quando..."Libri XVII-XVIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...eius interpellatione revocati. 'Hanc quam nunc in circo 'cretam' vocamus 'calcem' antiqui dicebant. Deinde Ennianos colligit versus..."Divus Vespasianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...fratris appellat. Tribunatum militum in Thracia meruit; quaestor Cretam et Cyrenas provinciam sorte cepit; aedilitatis ac mox praeturae..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...artes. nam neque plebeiam aut dextro sine numine cretam servo animam. atque adeo breviter, dum tecta subimus, expediam..."Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...terris. nauticus exoritur vario certamine clamor: hortantur socii Cretam proavosque petamus. prosequitur surgens a puppi ventus euntis..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...caris corpus Athenis proicere optavit potius quam talia Cretam funera Cecropiae nec funera portarentur. atque ita nave levi..."
