Critias

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κρῐτῐ́ᾱς (Kritíās).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkri.ti.aːs/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkrit.t͡si.as/,

Proper noun

Critiās m sg (genitive Critiae); first declension

One of the thirty tyrants of Athens

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Critiās
Genitive	Critiae
Dative	Critiae
Accusative	Critiān
Ablative	Critiā
Vocative	Critiā

References

“Critias”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Critias in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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