Croesus

Croesus

See also: Crœsus

English

Alternative forms

• Crœsus

Etymology

From Latin Croesus, from Ancient Greek Κροῖσος (Kroîsos)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹiːsəs/

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Proper noun

Croesus

1. (historical) A male given name.
2. (specifically) A king of Lydia, noted for his great wealth.
   • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 13, in The Mirror and the Lamp:

     “[…] They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes.

Translations

king of Lydia

Armenian: Կրեսոս (Kresos) Old Armenian: Կրիւսոս (Kriwsos) Danish: Krøsus Finnish: Kroisos German: Krösus (de)

Greek: Κροίσος (el) m (Kroísos) Persian: کرزوس‎ (Kerozus) Russian: Крез m (Krez) Turkish: Krezüs

Noun

Croesus (plural Croesuses or Croesi)

1. (figuratively) A rich person.
   • 1875, Henry James, "Benvolio" in The Galaxy 20 (2) (August 1875).

     "Decidedly he was to be a great man, and this was not the moment for letting him go! At the same time there was something impressive in this extraordinary lapse in his eagerness—in his finding it so easy to forget his honors. It was only an intellectual Croesus, the Countess said to herself, who could afford to keep so loose an account."

Translations

figuratively: a rich person

Finnish: kroisos German: Krösus (de) m Greek: Κροίσος (el) m (Kroísos)

Persian: قارون‎ (fa) (Qârun) Swedish: Krösus (sv) Turkish: Karun (tr)

Further reading

• Croesus at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Cousers, Crouses, Scouser, courses, rescous, scourse, scouser, sources, sucrose

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κροῖσος (Kroîsos)

Proper noun

Croesus m (genitive Croesī); second declension

1. Croesus (a king of Lydia)
2. a rich man

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Croesus	Croesī
Genitive	Croesī	Croesōrum
Dative	Croesō	Croesīs
Accusative	Croesum	Croesōs
Ablative	Croesō	Croesīs
Vocative	Croese	Croesī

References

• Croesus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Croesus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette