cretus

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Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of cernō (“discern”).

Participle

crētus (feminine crēta, neuter crētum); first/second-declension participle

  1. separated, having been separated, sifted, having been sifted
  2. distinguished, having been distinguished, discerned, having been discerned, seen, having been seen
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative crētus crēta crētum crētī crētae crēta
Genitive crētī crētae crētī crētōrum crētārum crētōrum
Dative crētō crētō crētīs
Accusative crētum crētam crētum crētōs crētās crēta
Ablative crētō crētā crētō crētīs
Vocative crēte crēta crētum crētī crētae crēta

Etymology 2

Perfect participle of crēscō (“increase, grow”).

Participle

crētus (feminine crēta, neuter crētum); first/second-declension participle

  1. having : become visible, sprung from, arisen, come forth, been born
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.191:
      Vēnisse Aenēān, Troiānō sanguine crētum.
      had come Aeneas, born of Trojan blood.
  2. having increased or augmented
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative crētus crēta crētum crētī crētae crēta
Genitive crētī crētae crētī crētōrum crētārum crētōrum
Dative crētō crētō crētīs
Accusative crētum crētam crētum crētōs crētās crēta
Ablative crētō crētā crētō crētīs
Vocative crēte crēta crētum crētī crētae crēta

References

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