Crates

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κράτης (Krátēs).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkra.teːs/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkra.tes/,

Proper noun

Cratēs m sg (genitive Cratis); third declension

a Greek comic poet
a Stoic philosopher

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Cratēs
genitive	Cratis
dative	Cratī
accusative	Cratem
ablative	Crate
vocative	Cratēs

References

Crates in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“Crates”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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