cretum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cretus, creta, cretum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
born of; arisen/sprung/descended from;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (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;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. 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;
gen. pl. - Entry →Crete, Cretes:
Feminine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
Crete, island of Crete;
gen. pl.
Examples
Liber Octavus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...decus. haud mora, cuncti insignem fama sanctoque Melampode cretum Thiodamanta uolunt, quicum ipse arcana deorum partiri et uisas..."- P
Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...facta atque infecta canebat: venisse Aenean Troiano sanguine cretum, cui se pulchra viro dignetur iungere Dido; nunc hiemem..." - G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...LVIIIb. ad Camerium Non custos si fingar ille Cretum, non Ladas ego pinnipesve Perseus, non si Pegaseo ferar..." - P
Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...humum moribundo vertice pulsat. inde Semiramio Polydegmona sanguine cretum Caucasiumque Abarin Sperchionidenque Lycetum intonsumque comas Helicen Phlegyanque Clytumque..."