cratis
Latin
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kr̥tis from root *kert- (“to weave, twist together”), but according to Michiel de Vaan, unlikely. If so, compare Latin crassus, Sanskrit कृत् (kṛt, “to spin”) and, according to Michael Witzel, Sanskrit कवि (kavi, “reins, ladle”). The connection with Ancient Greek κύρτος (kúrtos, “weel”) has also been dismissed by R. S. P. Beekes.[1] Alternatively from *kréh₂-tis; compare Proto-Germanic *hurdiz.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkraː.tis/, [ˈkräːt̪ɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkra.tis/, [ˈkräːt̪is]
Noun
crātis f (genitive crātis); third declension
- wickerwork
- bundle of brush
- fascine
- hurdle
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -em or -im, ablative singular in -e or -ī).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | crātis | crātēs |
| Genitive | crātis | crātium |
| Dative | crātī | crātibus |
| Accusative | crātem crātim | crātēs crātīs |
| Ablative | crāte crātī | crātibus |
| Vocative | crātis | crātēs |
Derived terms
Derived terms
- crāticius
- crāticula
- crāticulum
- crāticulus
Descendants
- Albanian: gratë
- Catalan: grada
- English: grate
- Italian: grata
- Old French: grate
- Old Portuguese: grade
- Galician: grade
- Portuguese: grade
- Romanian: gratie
- Sicilian: grada
- Spanish: grada
References
- “cratis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cratis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cratis 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)
- cratis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 808