cretus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cretus, creta, cretum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
born of; arisen/sprung/descended from;
nom. sg. (m.) - 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;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...praemia liquit? nemo, ut opinor, erit mortali corpore cretus. nam si, ut ipsa petit maiestas cognita rerum, dicendum..."
Liber Quartus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...animam solamine mulcens. non ego nunc magno quod cretus Agenore Phineus aut memorem mea quod vates insedit Apollo..."
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...sollers tibi cura futuri, Amphiarae, datur, iuxtaque Amythaone cretus iam senior (sed mente uiret Phoeboque) Melampus adsociat passus..."Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...urbis et auctor, Electra, ut Grai perhibent, Atlantide cretus, advehitur Teucros; Electram maximus Atlas edidit, aetherios umero..."Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...genibusque volutans haerebat. qui sit fari, quo sanguine cretus, hortamur, quae deinde agitet fortuna fateri. ipse pater dextram..."Aeneid II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...compressus et omnis impetus. hortamur fari quo sanguine cretus, quidve ferat; memoret quae sit fiducia capto. 'Cuncta equidem..."Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...favistis abunde! ne foret hic igitur mortali semine cretus, ille deus faciendus erat; quod ut aurea vidit Aeneae..."Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Leucippusque ferox iaculoque insignis Acastus Hippothousque Dryasque et cretus Amyntore Phoenix Actoridaeque pares et missus ab Elide Phyleus..."
