crena

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English

Etymology

From Latin crēna.

Noun

crena (plural crenae)

  1. (sciences) A furrow or notch.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps from the Proto-Indo-European roots *(s)ker- (“to cut off”) or *krey- (“to separate”). Spuriously attested in Pliny.

Noun

crēna f (genitive crēnae); first declension

  1. incision, notch
    Synonyms: incīsiō, incīsūra

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative crēna crēnae
genitive crēnae crēnārum
dative crēnae crēnīs
accusative crēnam crēnās
ablative crēnā crēnīs
vocative crēna crēnae

Derived terms

References

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