Cressa

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κρῆσσα (Krêssa).

Proper noun

Crēssa f sg (genitive Crēssae); first declension

  1. A city of Paphlagonia founded by Meriones after the war of Troy
  2. A port town in Caria, mentioned by Pliny

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Crēssa
genitive Crēssae
dative Crēssae
accusative Crēssam
ablative Crēssā
vocative Crēssa
locative Crēssae

Descendants

Noun

Crēssa f sg (genitive Crēssae, masculine Crēs); first declension

  1. a female Cretan; a Cretan woman

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative Crēssa Crēssae
genitive Crēssae Crēssārum
dative Crēssae Crēssīs
accusative Crēssam Crēssās
ablative Crēssā Crēssīs
vocative Crēssa Crēssae

Adjective

Crēssa f

  1. (of a woman or a grammatically feminine thing) Cretan

Declension

Like the noun.

References

  • “Crēta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Cressa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “Cressa”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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