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Latin
Etymology
Apparently from Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁- (“to grow”), the same root of Latin crēscō, + *-rós, but the /b/ lacks explanation. Perhaps from Proto-Italic *krēzros, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁-s-ro- (compare crābrō < *krāzrō for the phonetics), or from a suffixed verb *ḱreh₁-dʰh₁- (compare ruber < *ruðros).
Pronunciation
Adjective
crēber (feminine crēbra, neuter crēbrum, comparative crēbrior, superlative crēberrimus, adverb crēbrē or crēbriter or crēbrō); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
- thick, dense
- Synonyms: stīpātus, dēnsus
- numerous, frequent, repeated
- Synonym: frequēns
c. 125 CE – 180 CE,
Apuleius,
Apologia 1.1:
- Quae ego cum intellegerem nōn tam crīmina iūdiciō quam obiectāmenta iūrgiō prōlāta, ultrō eōs ad accūsandum crēbrīs flāgitātiōnibus prōvocāvī.
- When I understood these things were not so much crimes for a trial, but reproaches for a quarrel, I challenged them further with frequent demands to make the accusation.
- abundant, crowded with
Usage notes
May describe physical objects that appear in a multitude, or immaterial objects.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “creber”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “creber”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- creber in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- rich in ideas: sententiis abundans or creber (opp. sententiis inanis)
- to place a close line of sentry-posts: vigilias crebras ponere (Sall. Iug. 45. 2)
- to make a sally, sortie from the town: crebras ex oppido excursiones facere (B. G. 2. 30)