cretula

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Latin

Etymology

Diminutive form of crēta.

Noun

crētula f (genitive crētulae); first declension

  1. a white clay used for sealing

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

  • cretula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cretula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cretula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.