cretaceus

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Latin

Etymology

From crēta (“chalk”) +‎ -āceus, more at crēta.

Pronunciation

Adjective

crētāceus (feminine crētācea, neuter crētāceum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. chalky, cretaceous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative crētāceus crētācea crētāceum crētāceī crētāceae crētācea
genitive crētāceī crētāceae crētāceī crētāceōrum crētāceārum crētāceōrum
dative crētāceō crētāceae crētāceō crētāceīs
accusative crētāceum crētāceam crētāceum crētāceōs crētāceās crētācea
ablative crētāceō crētāceā crētāceō crētāceīs
vocative crētācee crētācea crētāceum crētāceī crētāceae crētācea

References

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