cretes
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Crete, Cretes:
Feminine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
Crete, island of Crete;
gen. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
- L
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...tantis, totus, totus personet orbis. Fleat Alciden caerula Crete, magno tellus cara Tonanti: centum populi bracchia pulsent. nunc..." - L
Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...habenas; teneant acres lora Molossos et pugnaces tendant Cretes fortia trito uincula collo. at Spartanos (genus est audax..." 
Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...subit arte Menestheus cautior, et multum te, Maia crete, rogato molis praeualidae castigat puluere lapsus. illa manu magna..."- P
Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...implesset monstri, si non miracula nuper Iphide mutata Crete propiora tulisset. proxima Cnosiaco nam quondam Phaestia regno progenuit..." - P
Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...finitimi exemplum metuunt: exponimur orbae terrarum, nobis ut Crete sola pateret. hac quoque si prohibes et nos, ingrate..." - P
Amores III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...illa feraces, rustica nec viduum pectus amoris habet. Cretes erunt testes — nec fingunt omnia Cretes. Crete nutrito terra..."