Croesus

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See also: Crœsus

English

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Etymology

From Latin Croesus, from Ancient Greek Κροῖσος (Kroîsos), from Lydian.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɹiːsəs/
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Proper noun

Croesus

  1. (historical) A male given name from Ancient Greek.
  2. (specifically) A king of Lydia, noted for his great wealth.
    • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
      “ […] They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes.

Translations

Noun

Croesus (plural Croesuses or Croesi)

  1. (figuratively) A rich person.
    • 1875, Henry James, "Benvolio" in The Galaxy 20 (2) (August 1875).
      "Decidedly he was to be a great man, and this was not the moment for letting him go! At the same time there was something impressive in this extraordinary lapse in his eagerness—in his finding it so easy to forget his honors. It was only an intellectual Croesus, the Countess said to herself, who could afford to keep so loose an account."

Translations

Further reading

  • “Croesus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κροῖσος (Kroîsos).

Proper noun

Croesus m (genitive Croesī); second declension

  1. Croesus (a king of Lydia)
  2. a rich man

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Croesus Croesī
Genitive Croesī Croesōrum
Dative Croesō Croesīs
Accusative Croesum Croesōs
Ablative Croesō Croesīs
Vocative Croese Croesī

Descendants

  • → English: Croesus

References

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