crocitus

Latin

Etymology

From crociō (“to croak like a raven”) (present stem crōcī-) +‎ -tus (suffix forming verbal nouns).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kroːˈkiː.tus/, [kroːˈkiːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kroˈt͡ʃi.tus/, [kroˈt͡ʃiːt̪us]

Noun

crōcītus m (genitive crōcītūs); fourth declension

1. the croaking of the raven

   Synonym: crocatio

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	crōcītus	crōcītūs
Genitive	crōcītūs	crōcītuum
Dative	crōcītuī	crōcītibus
Accusative	crōcītum	crōcītūs
Ablative	crōcītū	crōcītibus
Vocative	crōcītus	crōcītūs

References

• “crocitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• crocitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.