cratera

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κρατήρ (kratḗr).

Noun

crātēra f (genitive crātērae); first declension

  1. mixing bowl (for wine and water)
  2. crater (of a volcano)

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative crātēra crātērae
genitive crātērae crātērārum
dative crātērae crātērīs
accusative crātēram crātērās
ablative crātērā crātērīs
vocative crātēra crātērae

Descendants

  • English: crater
  • Portuguese: cratera

References

  • “cratera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “cratera”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cratera in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • cratera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: cra‧te‧ra

Noun

cratera f (plural crateras)

  1. (astronomy) crater (hemispherical pit)
  2. (geology) crater (opening of a volcano)
  3. (informal) crater (large pit)

Spanish

Noun

cratera f (plural crateras)

  1. Alternative spelling of crátera

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