cretus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkreː.tus/, [ˈkreːt̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkre.tus/, [ˈkrɛːt̪us]
Etymology 1
Perfect passive participle of cernō (“discern”).
Participle
crētus (feminine crēta, neuter crētum); first/second-declension participle
- separated, having been separated, sifted, having been sifted
- 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
- having become visible, having sprung from, arisen, having arisen, having come forth.
- increased, augmented, 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