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..."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..."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..."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..."
