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† crātēra (acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 53, 10, and Non. p. 547, 25 sq., sometimes crē-terra; cf. Naev. Trag. Rel. v. 45 Rib.), ae, f., and (mostly poet.) crātēr, ēris, m., = κρατήρ, Ion. κρητήρ, a vessel in which wine was mingled with water, a mixing-vessel or bowl (mostly poet.).

  1. I. Prop.
          1. (α) Cratera, ae, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 59, § 131 Zumpt N. cr.; id. Fam. 7, 1, 2 Orell. N. cr.; id. Arat. 387; Liv. 5, 25, 10; 5, 28, 2; Curt. 4, 8, 16; Hor. C. 3, 18, 7; id. S. 2, 4, 80; Pers. 2, 52; Hyg. Astr. 2, 30; Inscr. Orell 1541 al.
            Abl. plur. crateris, Enn. ap. Censor. p. 2727 P. (Ann. v. 604 Vahl.; al. crateribus).
          2. (β) Crater, ēris, Ov. M. 8, 669; 12, 236; id. F. 5, 522; Prop. 3 (4), 17, 37 al.
            Acc. Gr. cratēra, Verg. A. 3, 525; Ov. M. 5, 82; 8, 679; Juv. 12, 44.
            Plur. crateras, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 165; Verg. A. 1, 724; 9, 165.
  2. II. Meton.
    1. A. A vessel for drawing water, a bucket, water-pail: cratera, Naev. ap. Non. p. 547, 30.
    2. B. An oil-vessel: crater, Verg. A. 6, 225; Mart. 12, 32.
    3. C. A water-basin: crater, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 32.
    4. D. The aperture of a volcanic mountain, the crater: crater, Lucr. 6, 701; Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 88.
    5. E. A volcanic opening of the earth: crater, Plin. 2, 106, 110, § 238; Ov. M. 5, 424.
  3. F. A bay near Baiæ, Cic. Att. 2, 8, 2.
  4. G. A constellation, the Bowl.
          1. (α) Cratera, Cic. Arat. 219 (also id. N. D. 2, 44, 114).
          2. (β) Crater, Ov. F. 2, 266.
            Acc. craterem, Vitr. 9, 5, 1.

cresco, crēvi, crētum, 3 (inf. perf. sync. cresse, Lucr. 3, 683), v. inch. n. [1. creo].

  1. I. Orig., of things not previously in existence, to come forth, grow, to arise, spring, be born, become visible, appear (so mostly poet.)
    1. A. Lit.: cetera, quae sursum crescunt sursumque creantur, Lucr. 6, 527: quaecumque e terrā corpora crescunt (for which, subsequently, exoriuntur), id. 1, 868: corpore de patrio ac materno sanguine crescunt, id. 4, 1210: hic et acanthus Et rosa crescit, Verg. Cul. 397.
      So esp. freq. in part. perf.: crētus, a, um, arisen, sprung, descended from, born of; with abl.: mortali corpore cretus, Lucr. 5, 6; 2, 906; cf.: mortali semine, Ov. M. 15, 760: corpore materno, Lucr. 4, 1224: nativo corpore, id. 5, 61: Semiramio sanguine, Ov. M. 5, 85; cf. id. ib. 13, 31: Amyntore, id. ib. 8, 307; cf. Verg. A. 9, 672; Ov. M. 13, 750.
      With ab: ab origine eādem, Ov. M. 4, 607; cf.: Trojano a sanguine, Verg. A. 4, 191.
    2. B. Trop.: haec villa inter manus meas crevit, Sen. Ep. 12, 1: ingens hic terris crescit labor, Sil. 3, 75.
      Far more freq.,
  2. II. Of things already in existence, to rise in height, to rise, grow, grow up, thrive, increase, etc.
    1. A. Lit.: arbores, Lucr. 1, 254; so, fruges, arbusta, animantes, id. 1, 808: omnia paulatim crescunt (with grandescere alique), id. 1, 190 sq.: ut (ostrea) cum lunā pariter crescant pariterque decrescant, Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33: in lecticis crescunt (infantes), Quint. 1, 2, 7: cresce, puer, Ov. M. 2, 643 et saep.: in cujus domo creverat, had grown up, been reared, Suet. Oth. 1; cf.: Alexander per quinquennium sub Aristotele doctore mclito crevit, Just. 12, 16, 8: Nilus in aestatem crescit campisque redundat, Lucr. 6, 713; cf. of the same, id. 6, 737: Liger ex nivibus creverat, Caes. B. G. 7, 55 fin.: in frondem crines, in ramos bracchia, to grow into, Ov. M. 1, 550; cf.: in ungues manus, id. ib. 2, 479: in immensum Atlas, id. ib. 4, 661: in latitudinem, to increase in breadth, Col. Arb. 17: in longitudinem, Plin. 11, 37, 87, § 216: super ora caputque onus, Ov. M. 12, 516: ut clivo crevisse putes, id. ib. 8, 191 et saep.
      1. 2. Transf., to increase in number to, augment, multiply: non mihi absenti crevisse amicos, Cic. Sest. 32, 69 (B. and K. ex conj. decrevisse): adhuc crescentibus annis, Ov. A. A. 1, 61.
    2. B. Trop.
      1. 1. In gen., to grow, increase, to be enlarged or strengthened: cum Atheniensium opes senescere, contra Lacedaemoniorum crescere videret, Nep. Alcib. 5, 3; so, hostium opes animique, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 15, 45: non animi tantum, sed etiam vires crescebant, Liv. 5, 46, 4: animus laude crescit, Quint. 1, 2, 3; Curt. 4, 6, 13; Just. 19, 1, 8: animus crevit praetori, Liv. 44, 4, 1: cujusvis opes contra illius potentiam, Sall. C. 17, 7: cujusquam regnum per scelus, id. J. 14, 7: potentia paucorum (opp. plebis opes imminutae), id. C. 39, 1; Liv. 4, 2, 2 et saep.: haec (mala) primo paulatim, Sall. C. 10, 6: primo pecuniae, deinde imperii cupido, id. ib. 10, 3: fuga atque formido latius, id. J. 55, 7: licentia, id. C. 51, 30: inopia omnium, Liv. 21, 11, 12: rerum cognitio cottidie, Quint. 12, 11, 17: quā ex re creverat cum famā tum opibus, Nep. Alcib. 7 fin.; cf.: (Saguntini) in tantas brevi creverant opes, Liv. 21, 7, 3: Rhodiorum civitas populi Romani opibus, Sall. C. 51, 5; cf.: qui malo rei publicae, id. ib. 51, 32: usque ego postera Crescam laude recens, Hor. C. 3, 30, 8: a brevibus in longas (iambi), Quint. 9, 4, 136.
      2. 2. In partic., to rise or increase in distinction, honor, courage, etc., to be promoted or advanced, to prosper, to become great, attain honor: accusarem alios potius, ex quibus possem crescere, Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 83: ex invidiā senatoriā, id. Clu. 28, 77: ex his, Liv. 29, 37, 17: ex me, id. 35, 19, 5: de uno isto, de multis, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 173: dignitate, gratiā, Nep. Att. 21, 1; cf. id. ib. 10, 3; and absol.: crescendi in curiā occasio, Liv. 1, 46, 2: cresco et exsulto et discussā senectute recalesco, quotiens, etc., Sen. Ep. 34, 1; cf.: gaudet et ex nostro crescit maerore Charaxus, Ov. H. 15, 117: hic uno modo crescere potest, si se ipse summittat, etc., Plin. Pan. 71, 4.

1. Crēta, ae (nom. Crētē, Mel. 2, 7, 12; Ov. M. 8, 118; 9, 668; 9, 735; acc. Creten, id. ib. 8, 99; Hor. C. 3, 27, 34 al.;

  1. I. on the contrary, Cretam, Verg. A. 3, 129 al.), f., = Κρήτη, Crete, an island in the Mediterranean Sea, distinguished in ancient times by its fruitfulness and very early cultivation, now Candia, Mel. l. l.; Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 58; Verg. A. 3, 104; Hor. Epod. 9, 29; Cic. Fl. 13, 30; id. Phil. 2, 38, 97; Vell. 2, 34, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6; Plin. 15, 11, 10, § 37.
    Hence,
  2. II. Crēs, Crētis, m., and Cressa, ae, f., = Κρής, Κρῆσσα, Cretan; or as subst., a Cretan; a Cretan woman.
        1. a. Masc. Cres: Epimenides, Cic. Div. 1, 18, 34.
          In plur. Cretes, the Cretans, Cic. Mur. 35, 74; Ov. Am. 3, 10, 19; gen. Cretum, Cic. Tusc. 2, 14, 34; Cat. 55, 23; Ov. F. 1, 594 al.; acc. Cretăs, Caes. B. G. 2, 7; Mel. 1, 16, 1; Ov. H. 16, 348; Luc. 4, 441 al.
        2. b. Fem. Cressa, adj.: pharetra, Verg. G. 3, 345: nota, made with Cretan earth or chalk (v. 2. Creta, II.), Hor. C. 1, 36, 10: herbae, for healing in gen., Prop. 2, 1, 61 (acc. to Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 412, perh. for dictamnus): bos, i. e. Pasiphaë (q. v.), id. 4 (5), 7, 57.
          Subst. for Ariadne, Ov. Am. 1, 7, 16; for Aĕrope, id. A. A. 1, 327.
    1. B. Crēsĭus (in MSS. and edd. also Cressĭus; cf. Verg. A. 5, 285 Wagn.), a, um, adj., = Κρη:σιος, Cretan: nemora, Verg. A. 4, 70: prodigia, i. e. taurus (v. C.), id. ib. 8, 295: regna, Ov. H. 16, 299: tecta, Stat. Th. 12, 582 al.
    2. C. Crētaeus, a, um, adj., Cretan: Ida, Verg. A. 12, 412: urbes, Ov. M. 9, 666: ratis, Prop. 3 (4), 19, 26: taurus, the bullock which Neptune sent to Minos, Ov. M. 7, 434.
      Subst.: Crētae-us, i, m., the Cretan, for Epimenides, Prop. 2, 34 (25), 29.
    3. * D. Crētānus, i, m., a Cretan (prob. a word coined in sport), Plaut. Curc. 3, 73.
    4. E. Crētensis, e, adj., Cretan: homo, judex, Cic. Phil. 5, 5, 13 and 14: Juppiter, id. N. D. 3, 21, 53: sagittarii, Liv. 37, 41, 9 et saep.
      In plur.: Crētenses, ium, m., the Cretans (renowned as archers), Nep. Hann. 9, 2; Liv. 37, 60, 4; 41, 25, 7 al.
  3. F. Crētĭcus, a, um, adj., Cretan: mare, Hor. C. 1, 26, 2: vinum, Plin. 14, 9, 11, § 81: labyrinthus, id. 36, 13, 19, § 90: bellum, Flor. 3, 7: pes, an amphimacrus, Diom. p. 475 P. al.: versus, composed of the amphimacrus, id. p. 513 ib. al.
      1. 2. Subst.
        1. a. Crētĭcus, i, m., a surname of Q. Metellus, from his subjugation of Crete, Flor. 3, 7 fin.; 3, 8, 1; Vell. 2, 34; Cic. Att. 1, 19, 2; cf. id. Fl. 13, 30; Ov. F. 1, 594.
        2. b. Crētĭca, ae, f., a plant, called also clematitis, Plin. 25, 8, 54, § 96.
        3. c. In the Gr. form Crētĭcē, ēs, f., a plant, called also hibiscus, App. Herb. 38 and 62.
  4. G. Crētis, ĭdis, f., a Cretan (woman): Nymphae, Ov. F. 3, 444.

2. crēta, ae, f. [orig. adj., from 1. Creta], Cretan earth, i. e. chalk, white earth or clay.

  1. I. Prop., Plin. 35, 17, 57, § 195 sq.; Cato, R. R. 39, 2; Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 8 al.; esp. used for cleansing garments, Plaut. Aul. 4, 9, 6.
    Hence, trop.: creta est profecto horum hominum oratio, i. e. removes all trouble from the mind, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 10 sq.
    Also used as a cosmetic, Hor. Epod. 12, 10; Mart. 6, 93, 9; 8, 33, 17 al.; for seals, Cic. Fl. 16, 37; cf. cretula, for marking the goal in a race-course, Plin. 8, 42, 65, § 160; for the making of earthen vessels, Col. 3, 11, 9; Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 123 et saep.
    Poet.: rapidus cretae Oaxes, turbulent, Verg. E. 1, 66 Rib. (dub. al. Cretae; v. Forbig. ad loc.).
  2. II. From its whiteness is borrowed the trope for something favorable or lucky (opp. carbo), Hor. S. 2, 3, 246; imitated by Pers. 5, 108.

* crētācĕus, a, um, adj. [2. creta], chalk-like, cretaceous: siligo, Plin. 18, 9, 20, § 86.

Crētaeus, a, um, v. 1. Creta, II. C.

Crētānus, i, v. 1. Creta, II. D.

crētārĭus, a, um, adj. [2. creta],

  1. I. of or pertaining to chalk: ARS, Inscr. Grut. 641, 3.
  2. II. Subst.: crētārĭa, ae, f. (sc. taberna), a shop for Cretan earth, Varr. L. L. 8, § 55 Müll.

crētātus, a, um, adj. [2. creta], marked with chalk.

  1. I. Prop.: fasciae, Cic. Att. 2, 3, 1: pedes, Plin. 35, 18, 58, § 201: bos (decorated as an offering), Juv. 10, 66: Fabulla, whitened, Mart. 2, 41, 11.
  2. II. Transf.: ambitio, i. e. of the candidates for office, clothed in white (candidatorum), Pers. 5, 177.

Crētē, ēs, v. 1, Creta init.

Crētensis, e, v. 1, Creta, II. E.

crēterra, ae, v. cratera.

* crētĕus, a, um, adj. [2. creta], made of chalk or clay: persona, Lucr. 4, 298.

† crēthmŏs, i, f., = κρῆθμος, sea-fennel: Crithmum maritimum, Linn.; Plin. 25, 13, 96, § 155; 26, 8, 50, § 82.

crētĭca, ae, and crētĭcē, ēs, v. 1. Creta, II. F. 2. b.

Crētĭcus, a, um, v. 1. Creta, II. F.

crētĭ-fŏdīna, ae, f. [2. creta], a chalk- or clay-pit, Dig. 7, 1, 13, § 5 al.

crētĭo, ōnis, f. [cerno, II.]; jurid. t. t., the format declaration by the heir of his intention to enter upon his inheritance.

  1. I. Prop., Gai Inst. 2, § 7; 2, 164 sqq.; 2, 171 sqq.; Ulp. Fragm. 22, 25 sqq.; Varr. L. L. 6, § 81 Müll.: simplex, fruitless, i. e. where there is no property, Cic. Att. 11, 12, 4: libera, without restrictions by the testator, id. ib. 13, 46, 3; id. de Or. 1, 22, 101 al.
  2. II. Meton., an inheritance, Plin. 2, 26, 24, § 95 fin.

Crētis, ĭdis, v. 1. Creta, II. G.

crētōsus, a, um, adj. [2. creta], abounding in chalk or clay: locus, Cato, R. R. 8, 1; Plin. 15, 18, 19, § 72: terra, Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 3; Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 175: rura Cimoli, Ov. M. 7, 463.

crētŭla, ae, f. dim. [2. creta], white clay, used for sealing, = terra sigillata, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 58; Plin. 35, 7, 31, § 49.

crētūra, ae, f. [cerno]; concr., the siftings of corn, bran, chaff (late Lat.), Pall. 1, 24, 3.

1. crētus, a, um, Part., from cerno.

2. crētus, a, um, Part., from cresco. q. v. I. A. fin.