Cressa
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κρῆσσα (Krêssa).
Proper noun
[edit]Crēssa f sg (genitive Crēssae); first declension
- A city of Paphlagonia founded by Meriones after the war of Troy
- A port town in Caria, mentioned by Pliny
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Crēssa |
| Genitive | Crēssae |
| Dative | Crēssae |
| Accusative | Crēssam |
| Ablative | Crēssā |
| Vocative | Crēssa |
| Locative | Crēssae |
Descendants
[edit]- Translingual: Cressa
Noun
[edit]Crēssa f sg (genitive Crēssae, masculine Crēs); first declension
- a female Cretan; a Cretan woman
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Crēssa | Crēssae |
| Genitive | Crēssae | Crēssārum |
| Dative | Crēssae | Crēssīs |
| Accusative | Crēssam | Crēssās |
| Ablative | Crēssā | Crēssīs |
| Vocative | Crēssa | Crēssae |
Adjective
[edit]Crēssa f
- (of a woman or a grammatically feminine thing) Cretan
Declension
[edit]Like the noun.
References
[edit]- “Crēta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Cressa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Cressa”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly