cracens
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kerḱ- (“to become thin, to wane”), related to Sanskrit कृश (kṛśa, “thin, lean”), Lithuanian karštu (“to age”), Avestan *𐬐𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬯𐬀 (*kərəsa, “meager, lean”).
Also compare gracilis (“thin, slender”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkra.kens/, [ˈkräkẽːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkra.t͡ʃens/, [ˈkräːt͡ʃens]
Adjective[edit]
cracēns (genitive cracentis); third-declension one-termination adjective
Declension[edit]
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | cracēns | cracentēs | cracentia | ||
| Genitive | cracentis | cracentium | |||
| Dative | cracentī | cracentibus | |||
| Accusative | cracentem | cracēns | cracentēs | cracentia | |
| Ablative | cracentī | cracentibus | |||
| Vocative | cracēns | cracentēs | cracentia | ||
References[edit]
- “cracens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cracens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN