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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.

crĕābĭlis, e, adj. [creo], that can be made or created (post-class. and rare): materia, App. Trism. 85, 12; Aug. Conf. 12, 19 al.

† crĕāgra, ae, f., = κρεάγρα, a fleshhook (late Lat.), Mart. Cap. 9, § 997; Vulg. 2 Par. 4, 11 al.

crĕāmen, ĭnis, n. [creo], the elements of which created things consist (late Lat.), Prud. Ham. 505.

crĕātĭo, ōnis, f. [creo] (very rare).

  1. I. A creating, producing, begetting: liberorum, Dig. 1, 7, 15, § 2.
    Absol.: non hujus creationis, i. e. not of man’s building, Vulg. Heb. 9, 11.
  2. II. An electing to an office, a choice: magistratuum, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 10: tutoris, Dig. 26, 7, 39, § 6.

crĕātor, ōris, m. [creo].

  1. I. A creator, author, begetter, founder.
    1. A. In gen. (very rare): ipse deūm, Cic. poët. Div. 2, 30, 64; cf. thus of a father, Ov. M. 8, 309: creator atque opifex rerum, Luc. 10, 266: hujus urbis, Romulus, Cic. Balb. 13, 31.
    2. B. The creator of the world, etc., God (eccl. Lat.), opp. creatura, Vulg. Rom. 1, 25; id. 1 Pet. 4, 19.
      With gen.: mundi, Vulg. 2, Macc. 7, 23: omnium, id. Eccli. 24, 12 al.
  2. II. One who elects or appoints to an office, Cod. Just. 10, 31, 59; Dig. 50, 8, 2, § 7 al.

crĕātrix, īcis, f. [creator], she who brings forth or produces, a mother (poet.): natura rerum, Lucr. 1, 630 al.: mea, patria (with genetrix), Cat. 63, 50: diva (of a mother), Verg. A. 8, 534; cf.: Alexandri Magni, Olympias, Aur. Vict. Epit. 40: dira bellorum (tellus), Sil. 15, 184; Ambros. Fid. 4, 30, 3.

crĕātūra, ae, f. [creo], only concr.,

  1. I. a creature, thing created (late Lat.), Tert. Apol. 30; Prud. Ham. 508: omnes creaturae tuae, Vulg. Tob. 8, 7.
  2. II. The creation: Deus caelorum et Dominus totius creaturae, Vulg. Jud. 9, 17: Dei, id. Apoc. 3, 14 al.

crēber, bra, brum (sup. creberrimus; but crebrissimus, Gell. 2, 30, 2; cf. Rudd. I. p. 170; and CEREBERRIMVS, Inscr. Orell. 68), adj. [from cre-, root of cresco, Corn. Beitr. p. 356], that exists or takes place in a continuous multitude, following closely together or one after another (hence with continuus, Quint. 12, 10, 46; opp. rarus).

  1. I. Thick, close, pressed together, frequent, numerous, repeated (very freq., and class.).
    1. A. Of material subjects: lucus avius, Crebro salicto oppletus, Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 9; cf. silva, Lucr. 6, 135: crebris arboribus succisis omnes introitus erant praeclusi, Caes. B. G. 5, 9: rami, id. ib. 2, 17: (venae et arteriae) crebrae multaeque, toto corpore intextae, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138: funale, numerous torches, id. Sen. 13, 44: castella, Caes. B. G. 2, 30: creberrima aedificia, id. ib. 5, 12: ignes quam creberrimi, Sall. J. 106, 4; cf. id. ib. 98, 6: vigilias ponere, id. ib. 45, 2: tanto crebriores litterae nuntiique, Caes. B. G. 5, 45; cf. exploratores, id. ib. 6, 10: tam crebri ad terram decidebant quam pira, as thick as pears, Plaut. Poen. 2, 38; cf. hostes, id. Am. 1, 1, 84: crebri cecidere caelo lapides, Liv. 1, 31, 2; cf. sup., id. 28, 37, 7 et saep.
    2. B. Of immaterial subjects: itiones, Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 23; cf. excursiones, Nep. Milt. 2, 1: ictus, Lucr. 4, 935; Hor. C. 1, 25, 2; Suet. Calig. 30: impetus, Lucr. 1, 294; Sall. J. 50, 1 al.: anhelitus, Quint. 11, 3, 55; Verg. A. 5, 199: commutationes aestuum, Caes. B. G. 5, 1: rumores, id. ib. 2, 1: amplexus, Ov. M. 9, 538 al.: compellationes, Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 2: sonus, oft repeated, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 81: argumentatio, Quint. 2, 5, 8: supplosio pedis, id. 11, 3, 128: crebriores figurae, id. 9, 2, 94: quae apud Sallustium rare fuerunt, apud hunc crebra sunt et paene continua, Sen. Ep. 114, 18: crebra lumina (dicendi) et continua, Quint. 12, 10, 46.
  2. II. Meton., of an object that is furnished with abundance, or produces something in multitudes, crowded with, abundant, abounding in: creber harundinibus lucus, Ov. M. 11, 190: Africus procellis, Verg. A. 1, 85: Tiberis creber ac subitus incrementis, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 55.
    Esp., of speech or writing: sane in eo creber fuisti, Te noluisse, etc., you frequently said, Cic. Planc. 34, 83: si mihi tantum esset otii, quantum est tibi … in scribendo multo essem crebrior quam tu, id. Att. 1, 19, 1: (Thucydides) ita creber est rerum frequentia, ut, etc., id. de Or. 2, 13, 56; id. Brut. 7, 29: quis sententiis aut acutior aut crebrior? id. ap. Suet. Caes. 55; Quint. 10, 1, 102 (cf.: densus sententiis, id. ib. § 68).
    In Gr. constr., of the person: densis ictibus heros Creber utrāque manu pulsat versatque Dareta, Verg. A. 5, 460: modus (dicendi) translationibus crebrior, Quint. 12, 10, 60.
    Hence, advv.,
      1. 1. Most freq. in the form crēbrō, close one after another (in time or number), repeatedly, often, oftentimes, frequently, many times: si crebro cades, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 105: ruri esse, Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 18: mittere litteras, Cic. Att. 6, 5, 1: tussire et exspuere, Quint. 11, 5, 56: personare purgatam aurem, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 7 et saep.: qui crebro Catulum, saepe me, saepissime rem publicam nominabat, Cic. Cael. 24, 59.
        Comp. crebrius: perlucet villa crebrius quam cribrum, i. e. with more holes, openings, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 14: mittas litteras, Cic. Fam. 5, 6, 3 fin.: crebrius aut perfidiosius rebellantes, Suet. Aug. 21.
        Sup. creberrime (creberru-): commemorantur a Stoicis, Cic. Div. 1, 27, 56.
      2. 2. crē-bră (acc. plur.; cf. Rudd. II. p. 159), repeatedly: revisit ad stabulum (mater), Lucr. 2, 359: et pede terram Crebra ferit (equus), Verg. G. 3, 500.
      3. 3. crēbrē, closely, compactly (of place; only in Vitr.): fundamenta aedificiorum palationibus crebre fixa, Vitr. 2, 9, 10.
        Sup.: crates ex virgis creberrime textae, Vitr. 10, 14, 3.
      4. * 4. crē-brĭter, repeatedly, frequently (in time), Vitr. 10, 13, 7; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 133 sq.

crēbesco, v. crebresco.

* crēbrātus, a, um, adj. [creber], thick, close: telae pexitas, Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 81.

crēbrē, adv., v. creber, adv., 3.

crēbresco (in MSS. and edd. sometimes euphon. crēbesco, bŭi, like rubesco, from ruber), brŭi, 3, v. inch. [creber], to become frequent, to increase, grow strong; of a rumor, report, to spread abroad (perh. not ante-Aug.; most freq. in Tac.): crebrescunt optatae aurae, Verg. A. 3, 530: gestus cum ipsā orationis celeritate, Quint. 11, 3, 111: horror, Verg. A. 12, 407: bellum, Tac. H. 2, 67: tum crebescere fragor, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 8: seditio, Tac. H. 1, 39: licentia et impunitas, id. A. 3, 60: invidia, id. H. 3, 34: sermo, Verg. A. 12, 222; so, fama cladis Germanicae, Tac. H. 4, 12.
With a clause as subject: per socios crebrescit vivere Agrippam, etc., is noised abroad Tac. A. 2, 39.
Rare in perf. and pluperf.: jamque rumor publice crebuerat, App. M. 10, p. 247: tam multa bella ubique crebuerunt, Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 17.

‡ crēbrĭsūro, apud Ennium significat vallum crebris suris id est palis munitum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 59, 3.

crēbrĭtas, ātis, f. [creber], thickness, closeness, frequency: spissae venarum, Vitr. 2, 10, 2: caeli, id. 9, 8, 3: fluctuum, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 116 (3, 42 Dietsch): litterarum, Cic. Att. 13, 18 init.: crebritas et magnitudo officiorum, id. Fam. 3, 1, 1: sententiarum (with concinnitas), id. Brut. 95, 327.

crēbrĭter, adv., v. creber, adv., 4.

* crēbrĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. [creber], for crebritas, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 91, 30 dub.

crēbrō, adv., v. creber, adv., 1.

crēdĭbĭlis, e, adj. [credo], worthy of belief, credible: credibile est quod sine ullo teste auditoris opinione firmatur, Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 48 (class. in prose and poetry): tametsi verissimum esse intellegebam, tamen credibile fore non arbitrabar, id. Verr. 2, 5, 61, § 158: narrationes, id. Or. 36, 124; cf. Quint. 4, 2, 52: imago rerum, id. 4, 2, 123: ratio, id. 5, 12, 13: suspicio, id. 9, 2, 90 et saep.: magnum narras, vix credibile, * Hor. S. 1, 9, 52; cf.: vix credibile dictu, Curt. 5, 13, 22: credibile est, with acc. and inf., Quint. 2, 3, 5; 5, 6, 2; 5, 10, 19 al.: credibili fortior illa fuit, Ov. F. 3, 618; cf. id. Tr. 1, 5, 49: aliquid credibile facere, Quint. 4, 2, 47; 4, 2, 110; 9, 1, 19; Just. 5, 5, 7: animo tyranni credibile judicium facere, Liv. 24, 5, 13.
Comp., Quint. 4, 2, 124; 6, 3, 4.
Adv.: crēdĭbĭlĭter, credibly, Cic. Deiot. 6, 17; Quint. 2, 15, 36; 3, 11, 1 al.

crēdĭbĭlĭter, adv., v. credibilis fin.

* crēdĭto, āre, v. freq. a. [credo], to believe firmly, Fulg. Myth. 1, p. 6.

crēdĭtor, ōris, m. [credo, I.], a creditor.

  1. I. Prop., Dig. 50, 16, 10 sq.; Cic. Phil. 6, 4, 11; id. Quint. 23, 74; Liv. 6, 14, 5; Sen. Ep. 87, 6; 119, 1; Quint. 3, 6, 84; * Hor. S. 2, 3, 65 et saep.
  2. II. Trop., of the belly, Plin. 26, 8, 28, § 43.

crēdĭtrix, īcis, f. [creditor], a female creditor, Dig. 20, 5, 16; 42, 6, 38 al.

crēdĭtum, i, n., v. credo, I. B.

crēdo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (pres. subj. creduam, Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 2: creduas, id. Bacch. 3, 3, 72; id. Trin. 3, 1, 5: creduat, id. Bacch. 3, 4, 5; 4, 7, 6: creduis, id. Am. 2, 2, 49; id. Capt. 3, 4, 73: creduit, id. Truc. 2, 2, 52; inf. credier, id. Poen. 2, 43; crevi for credidi, id. Cist. 1, 1, 1), v. a. [Sanscr. crat, crad, trust, and dha-; v. 2. do].

  1. I. Orig. belonging to the lang. of business, to give as a loan, to loan, lend, make or loan to any one: (vilicus) injussu domini credat nemini; quod dominus crediderit, exigat, Cato, R. R. 5, 4: quibus credas male, Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 20; cf. populis, Cic. Rab. Post. 2, 4: alicui grandem pecuniam, id. ib. 2, 4; so, pecunias ei, id. Fam. 1, 7, 6; and: pecuniae creditae, id. Prov. Cons. 4, 7: centum talenta, Quint. 5, 10, 111: solutio rerum creditarum, Cic. Off. 2, 24, 84 et saep.
    Hence,
    1. B. crēdĭtum, i, n., a loan, Sall. C. 25, 4; Liv. 6, 15, 5; 6, 27, 3; 8, 28, 3; Sen. Ben. 2, 34, 1; Quint. 5, 10, 105; 5, 10, 117; Dig. 12, 1, 19 sq. et saep.
  2. II. Transf. beyond the circle of business (very freq. in every period and species of composition).
    1. A. With the prevailing idea of intended protection, to commit or consign something to one for preservation, protection, etc., to intrust to one, = committo, commendo (cf. concredo): ubi is obiit mortem, qui mihi id aurum credidit, Plaut. Aul. prol. 15 (credere est servandum commendare, Non. p. 275, 9); so, nummum, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 112 (for which id. ib. 4, 2, 115, concredere): alicujus fidei potestatique (with committere), Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 9, § 27; cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 4, § 14: vitam ac fortunas meas, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 275, 8; cf. Ter. And. 1, 5, 37: militi arma, Liv. 2, 45, 10: se suaque omnia alienissimis, Caes. B. G. 6, 31: se ponto, Ov. M. 14, 222: se perfidis hostibus, Hor. C. 3, 5, 33: se ventis, Quint. 12, prooem. § 2: pennis se caelo, Verg. A. 6, 15; cf. Ov. M. 2, 378: se pugnae, Verg. A. 5, 383 et saep.: crede audacter quid lubet, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 118: facinus magnum timido pectori, id. Ps. 2, 1, 3: illi consilia omnia, Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 18: arcanos sensus tibi, Verg. A. 4, 422; cf.: arcana libris, Hor. S. 2, 1, 31: aliquid cerae, Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 67.
      Poet., with in and acc.: inque novos soles audent se germina tuto Credere, Verg. G. 2, 333.
    2. B. With the prevailing idea of bestowing confidence, to trust to or confide in a person or thing, to have confidence in, to trust.
      1. 1. With dat.: virtuti suorum satis credere, Sall. J. 106, 3; cf. id. ib. 72, 2: praesenti fortunae, Liv. 45, 8, 6: consules magis non confidere quam non credere suis militibus, rather mistrusted their intentions than their valor, id. 2, 45, 4: nec jam amplius hastae, Verg. A. 11, 808: ne nimium colori, id. E. 2, 17: bibulis talaribus, Ov. M. 4, 731.
        Freq. in eccl. Lat.: Moysi et mihi, Vulg. Johan. 5, 46: verbis meis, id. Luc. 1, 20.
      2. 2. Esp., with in and acc. of pers., to believe in, trust in (eccl. Lat.): hoc est ergo credere in Deum, credendo adhaerere ad bene coöperandum bona operanti Deo, Aug. Enarr. in Psa. 77, 8: qui fidem habet sine spe ac dilectione, Christum esse credit, non in Christum credit, id. Serm. 144, 2: qui credit in Filium habet vitam aeternam, Vulg. Johan. 3, 36 et saep.
    3. C. To trust one in his declarations, assertions, etc., i. e. to give him credence, to believe: injurato, scio, plus credet mihi, quam jurato tibi, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 284 sq.: vin’ me istuc tibi, etsi incredibile’st, credere? Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 11: credit jam tibi de isto, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 53: cui omnium rerum ipsus semper credit, in every thing, id. As. 2, 4, 59; cf. id. Truc. 2, 2, 52: diu deliberandum et concoquendum est, utrum potius Chaereae injurato in suā lite, an Manilio et Luscio juratis in alieno judicio credatis, Cic. Rosc. Com. 15, 45.
        1. b. Mihi crede, beliere me, confide in my words, upon my word, ἐμοὶ πιθοῦ, an expression of confirmation, Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 4; Cic. Cat. 1, 3, 6; id. Mur. 19, 40; 38, 82; id. de Or. 2, 17, 72; id. Off. 3, 19, 75; id. Tusc. 1, 31, 75; 1, 43, 103; id. Fin. 2, 21, 68 et saep.; Hor. S. 1, 7, 35; 2, 6, 93 al.; cf.: mihi credite, Cic. Cat. 2, 7, 15; id. Agr. 3, 4, 16; Liv. 24, 22, 17; Ov. M. 15, 254 al.
          In the same sense (but more rare in Cic.): crede mihi, Cic. Att. 6, 6, 1; 14, 15, 2; 11, 6, 1; id. Verr. 2, 4, 59, § 133; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4; Ov. A. A. 1, 66; id. M. 1, 361; id. Tr. 3, 4, 25: crede igitur mihi, Cic. Fam. 10, 6, 2: credite mihi, Curt. 6, 11, 25.
        2. c. Credor in poets several times equivalent to creditur mihi: certe credemur, ait, si verba sequatur Exitus, Ov. F. 3, 351; so id. Tr. 3, 10, 35: creditus accepit cantatas protinus herbas, etc., id. M. 7, 98; so in part., id. H. 17, 129; cf.: (Cassandra) non umquam credita Teucris, Verg. A. 2, 247.
        3. d. Sibi, to believe one’s self, trust one’s own convictions, be fully convinced: cum multa dicta sunt sapienter et graviter, tum vel in primis, crede nobis, crede tibi, Plin. Pan. 74: fieri malunt alieni erroris accessio, quam sibi credere, Min. Fel. 24, 2: non satis sibi ipsi credebant, Auct. B. Alex. 6:
      1. 2. With simple reference to the object mentioned or asserted, to believe a thing, hold or admit as true: velim te id quod verum est credere, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 275, 6; cf.: credo et verum est, Afer ap. Quint. 6, 3, 94: me miseram! quid jam credas? aut cur credas? Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 32: quod fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt, Caes. B. G. 3, 18; cf. Quint. 6, 2, 5: audivi ista … sed numquam sum addictus ut crederem, Cic. Brut. 26, 100: ne quid de se temere crederent, Sall. C. 31, 7: res Difficilis ad credundum, Lucr. 2, 1027; cf. Caes. B. G. 5, 28 et saep.
        Pass.: res tam scelesta … credi non potest, Cic. Rosc. Am. 22, 62.
        Pass. impers.: in quo scelere, etiam cum multae causae convenisse unum in locum atque inter se congruere videntur, tamen non temere creditur, Cic. Rosc. Am. 22, 62.
        1. b. In gen. = opinor, arbitror, to be of opinion, to think, believe, suppose.
          1. (α) With acc.: timeo ne aliud credam atque aliud nunties, Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 4: quae deserta et inhospita tesqua credis, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 20: fortem crede bonumque, id. ib. 1, 9, 13: quos gravissimos sapientiae magistros aetas vetus credidit, Quint. 12, 1, 36.
            Pass.: potest … falsum aliquid pro vero credi, Sall. C. 51, 36: origo animi caelestis creditur, Quint. 1, 1, 1; 8, prooem. § 24: Evander venerabilior divinitate creditā Carmentae matris, Liv. 1, 7, 8.
          2. (β) With acc. and inf. (so most freq.): jam ego vos novisse credo, ut sit pater meus, Plaut. Am. prol. 104: cum reliquum exercitum subsequi crederet, Caes. B. G. 6, 31: caelo tonantem credidimus Jovem Regnare. Hor. C. 3, 5, 1 et saep.: victos crederes, one would have thought, one might have imagined, Liv. 2, 43, 9; so Curt. 4, 10, 23; cf. Zumpt, Lat. Gr. § 528.
            Pass.: navis praeter creditur ire, Lucr. 4, 389: quem (Athin) peperisse Limnate creditur, Ov. M. 5, 49: creditus est optime dixisse, Quint. 3, 1, 11; cf. id. 10, 2, 125 al.
            Impers.: credetur abesse ab eo culpam, Quint. 11, 1, 64: neque sine causā creditum est, stilum non minus agere cum delet, id. 10, 4, 1 al.
            So in the abl. part. pass. credito, with acc. and inf., Tac. A. 3, 14; 6, 34.
          3. (γ) Absol.: credo inserted, like opinor, puto, etc., and the Gr. οἶμαι, as a considerate, polite, or ironical expression of one’s opinion, I believe, as I think, I suppose, I dare say, etc.: credo, misericors est, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 144; so placed first, id. Cas. 2, 6, 3; Ter. And. 2, 1, 13; Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 5; id. Sull. 4, 11; Caes. B. C. 3, 70; Sall. C. 52, 13; Liv. 4, 17, 7; Hor. S. 2, 2, 90: Mulciber, credo, arma fecit, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 32; so id. Truc. 2, 5, 27; Caes. B. C. 2, 31; Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 7; id. Tusc. 1, 22, 52; Verg. A. 6, 368 et saep.: aut jam hic aderit, credo hercle, aut jam adest, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 74.

crēdŭlĭtas, ātis, f. [credulus], easiness of belief, credulity (first freq. after the Aug. per.; never in Cic.): credulitas error est magis quam culpa, Plancus ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 1; Quint. 5, 3, 7; Tac. A. 2, 40; Curt. 7, 7, 8; Ov. M. 15, 498; id. P. 1, 1, 44.
Of fishes trusting themselves to the hook, Ov. M. 13, 934; 15, 101; cf. credulus.
As a person, together with Error, Ov. M. 12, 59.

crēdŭlus, a, um, adj. [credo, II. C. 2.], that easily believes a thing, credulous, easy of belief, confiding.

  1. I. Prop. (freq. and class.).
          1. (α) Absol.: in fabulis stultissima persona est improvidorum et credulorum senum, Cic. Lael. 26, 100: stultus auditor et credulus, id. Font. 6, 13; Quint. 11, 1, 71; Tac. H. 1, 12 fin.; Hor. C. 1, 5, 9; Ov. M. 3, 432 et saep.
            Of fishes trusting to the hook, Ov. M. 8, 858; cf. credulitas; and of animals anticipating no danger, Hor. Epod. 16, 33.
          2. (β) With dat.: non ego credulus illis, Verg. E. 9, 34; Prop. 1, 3, 28; Hor. C. 1, 11, 8; Sil. 10, 478; Tac. H. 2, 23.
          3. * (γ) With in aliquid: nos in vitium credula turba sumus, Ov F. 4, 312.
  2. II. Transf., of inanimate subjects: aures regis, Curt. 10, 1, 28: credula res amor est, Ov. H. 6, 21; id. M. 7, 826: spes animi mutui, Hor. C. 4, 1, 30: convivia, full of confidence, confiding, trusting, Just. 2, 10, 10: fama ( = facile credens), Tac. H. 1, 34 fin.; cf. Roth ad Tac. Agr. p. 210.

‡ crĕmābĭlis, combustible, καύσιμος, Gloss. Cyrill.

crĕmātĭo, ōnis, f. [cremo], a burning, consuming by fire, cremation (post-Aug. and rare), Plin. 23, 2, 31, § 64; Prud. στεφ. 6, 88.

crĕmātor, ōris, m. [cremo], a burner, consumer by fire (eccl. Lat.): Deus, Tert. adv. Marc. 5, 16.

crēmentum, i, n. [cresco].

  1. I. Growth, increase (very rare): corporum, Varr. ap. Non. p. 169, 14: lunae, Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 149 (incrementum, Sillig).
  2. II. Crementum est semen masculi, Isid. Orig. 9, 5, 5; 11, 1, 15.

Crĕmĕra, ae, f., a small river in Etruria, near Veii, made famous by the heroic death of the Fabii, now La Varca or Valca, Liv. 2, 49 fin.; Ov. F. 2, 205; Gell. 17, 21, 13.
Poet.: Cremerae legio, i. e. the Fabii, Juv. 2, 155.
Hence, Crĕmĕrensis, e, adj., of Cremera: dies, the day of the disastrous conflict at Cremera (with Alliensis), Tac. H. 2, 91.

crĕmĭa, ōrum (sing. cremium, i, Vulg. Psa. 101, 4), n. [cremo], dry fire-wood, brushwood, Col. 12, 19, 3; Dig. 32, 55, § 4.

crĕmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [Sanscr. çar, çri, to boil, roast; cf. carbo], to burn, consume by fire (freq. and class.; cf. comburo).

  1. I. In gen.: ignis silvas cremarat, Lucr. 5, 1242; cf.: poëtam igni, Suet. Calig. 27 fin.: omnes collegas suos vivos, Val. Max. 6, 3, 2; Curt. 4, 8, 9: damnatum poenam sequi oportebat, ut igni cremaretur, Caes. B. G. 1, 4; Curt. 8, 9, 32; 5, 6, 7: urbem incendiis, Plin. 17, 1, 1, § 5: cremare et diruere urbem, Liv. 28, 19, 12: Ilium, Hor. C. 4, 4, 53: lectum, Suet. Caes. 84: libros, id. Aug. 31: frondem et herbas, Ov. M. 6, 457: rates, id. ib. 14, 85 et saep.: in cinerem, Plin. 20, 5, 20, § 41.
  2. II. In partic.
    1. A. Of the burning of the dead: primus (Sulla) e patriciis Corneliis igni voluit cremari, Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 57: mortali corpore cremato, id. Div. 1, 23, 47: cujus (Catonis) a me corpus est crematum, id. Sen. 23, 84; Plin. 7, 54, 55, § 187; Tac. G. 27; Suet. Aug. 100; Hor. Epod. 17, 79 et saep.
    2. B. Of the burning of victims in sacrifices, Ov. M. 13, 637; id. F. 4, 639; Vulg. Lev. 5, 12.
    3. C. Of things devoted, Liv. 41, 12, 6; 10, 29, 18.

Crĕmōna, ae, f., = Κρεμώνη,

  1. I. the town Cremona in Gallia Cisalpina, on the Po, Liv. 21, 25, 2; 31, 10, 3; Verg. E. 9, 28; Tac. H. 2, 17; 2, 22 sq.; Suet. Vesp. 7 et saep.
    Hence,
  2. II. Crĕmōnensis, e, adj., of Cremona: ager, Tac. H. 3, 15: coloni, Liv. 33, 23, 6: proelium, Tac. H. 3, 48.
    In plur. subst.: Crĕmōnenses, ium, m., the inhabitants of Cremona, Tac. H. 2, 70; 3, 19 al.

Cremōnis jŭgum, a part of the Pennine Alps, now Grimsel, Liv. 21, 38, 7.

crĕmor, ōris, m. [kindr. with cremo], the thick juice obtained from animal or vegetable substances, thick broth, pap, etc., Cato, R. R. 86; Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 15; Cels. 3, 7, 2; 6, 6, 26; Ov. M. Fac. 95.

crĕmum, i, n., = cremor, Ven. Fort. 11, 14, 1.

Crĕmūtĭus, ĭi, m., a Roman proper name: A. Cremutius Cordus, a Roman historian under Tiberius, distinguished by his frankness, Tac. A. 4, 34; Sen. Suas. 7, p. 44; Quint. 10, 1, 104; Sen. Cons. Marc. 1, 2.

(crena, ae, f., corrupted word, Plin. 11, 37, 68, § 180; Sillig ad h. 1.; Jan. taeniis.)

Crēnaeus, i, m., a centaur, Ov. M. 12, 313.

Crēnē, ēs, f., a town of Æolis, Liv. 37, 21, 5.

1. crĕo (old form cerĕo, in Varr. L. L. 6, § 81 Müll.), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [kindred with Sanscr. kar, kri, to make], to bring forth, produce, make, create, beget (very freq. in every period and species of composition).

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen.: rerum primordia pandam, Unde omnes natura creet res auctet alatque, Lucr. 1, 51: animalia, id. 2, 1152: genus humanum, id. 5, 820: mortalia saecla, id. 5, 789: fruges, id. 2, 170: ignem, id. 1, 799; cf.: ignes e lignis, id. 1, 910 et saep.: (Silvius) Aenean Silvium creat, Liv. 1, 3, 7; cf.: fortes creantur fortibus et bonis, Hor. C. 4, 4, 29.
      Also of woman: pueris beata creandis Uxor, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 44; Pall. Febr. 26, 2.
      Hence, in poets freq. in part. perf.: crĕātus, a, with abl. (masc. or fem.), sprung from, begotten by, born of; or subst., an offspring, a child, Ov. M. 5, 145; 11, 295; 11, 303 al.
      Subst.: crĕāta, ōrum, n., things made: servare, Lucr. 2, 572.
    2. B. In partic., publicist. t. t. (cf. facio), to make or create for any jurisdiction or office, i. e. to choose, elect (freq.): qui comitiatu creare consules rite possint, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 9; so, consules, Caes. B. C. 3, 1; Liv. 4, 7, 2; 4, 7, 7; 4, 7, 10: duo ex unā familiā magistratus, Caes. B. G. 7, 33: Patres, Liv. 1, 8, 7: dictatorem, id. 2, 18 (five times): magistrum equitum, id. 2, 18, 5; 4, 57, 6: interregem, id. 4, 7, 7; 5, 31, 8: tribunum, id. 2, 33, 3: tribuniciam potestatem, id. 5, 2, 8: censores, Suet. Aug. 37: Imperatorem (with eligere), id. Vesp. 6: ducem gerendo bello, Liv. 1, 23, 8. curatorem reipublicae, Dig. 50, 8, 3.
      1. 2. Of the officer who appoints or superintends an election: quos (consules) cum Ti. Gracchus consul iterum crearet, Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 10.
      2. 3. In eccl. Lat. of the exercise of divine power in creation, to create, call into being, endow with existence, etc.: caelum et terram, Vulg. Gen. 1, 1: hominem, id. ib. 5, 1: omnia, id. Eph. 3, 9.
        1. b. Meton.: cor mundum in me, Vulg. Psa. 50, 11 al.
  2. II. Trop., to produce, prepare, cause, occasion: voluptatem meis inimicis, Plaut. Cas. 2, 7, 3: commoditatem mihi, id. Poen. 4, 2, 94: lites, id. ib. 3, 2, 9: omnis has aerumnas, id. Mil. 1, 1, 33: capitalem fraudem tuis cruribus capitique, id. ib. 2, 3, 23: moram dictis, id. Ps. 1, 3, 174: errorem (similitudo), Cic. Div. 2, 26, 55: luxuriam, id. Rosc. Am. 27, 75: seditionem, Vell. 2, 20: taedium ac satietatem ex similitudine, Quint. 9, 4, 143: vomitum dissolutionemque stomachi, Plin. 9, 48, 72, § 155 et saep.

2. Crĕo, or, anal. to the Gr., Crĕon, ontis, m., = Κρέων.

  1. I. A king of Corinth, who betrothed his daughter Creusa to Jason, Hyg. Fab. 25; Sen. Med. 526; Hor. Epod. 5, 64.
  2. II. A brother of Jocaste, at Thebes, Hyg. Fab. 72; Stat. Th. 12, 477; 12, 678.

‡ crepae, i. q. caprae, she-goats, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 48, 16 Müll.

crĕpātūra, ae, f. [crepo], a fissure, crack (late Lat.): parietum, Schol. Juv. 3, 196.

* crĕpax, ācis, adj. [crepo], sounding, creaking: mola, Maecen. ap. Sen. Ep. 114, 6.

crĕper, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [Sabine; kindr. with Sanscr. kshapā, night, and Gr. κνέφας], dusky, dark; hence, trop., uncertain, obscure, doubtful, wavering (ante- and post-class.), Varr. L. L. 6, § 5; 7, § 77; cf. Non. p. 13, 15 sq.; Paul. ex Fest. p. 52, 18 Müll.

  1. * I. Lit., only subst.: crĕpĕrum, i, n., darkness: noctis, Symm. Ep. 1, 7.
  2. II. Trop.: res, Pac. ap. Non. p. 13, 29; Att. ib. p. 21 sq.; Varr. 1. 1.: belli certamina, Lucr. 5, 1295: oracla, Varr. ap. Non. p. 14, 4.

(crĕpĭcŭlum, v. crepitulum).)

† crĕpĭda, ae, f., = κρηπίς, the sole which served the Greeks, and the Romans who adopted Grecian habits, as a shoe, a sandal (pure Lat. solea; cf. Gell. 13, 21, 5 sq.), Cic. Rab. Post. 10, 27; Liv. 29, 19, 12; Suet. Tib. 13; id. Calig. 52; Hor. S. 1, 3, 127; Pers. 1, 127 al.
Prov.: ne sutor supra crepidam (judicaret), let the cobbler stick to his last, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 85; Val. Max. 8, 12, ext. 3.

crĕpĭdārĭus, a, um, adj. [crepida], of or pertaining to the sole or sandal: sutor, a sandal-maker, shoemaker, Sempr. Asell. ap. Gell. 13, 21, 8: culter, Gell. ib.

crĕpĭdātus, a, um, adj. [crepida], wearing sandals, Cic. Pis. 38, 92 and 93; Suet. Dom. 4: fabula, a kind of Græco-Roman tragedy, Don. Ter. Ad. prol. 7; cf. Neukirch. Fab. Tog. pp. 15 and 57.

crĕpīdo, ĭnis, f. [κρηπίς].

  1. I. Prop., a ground, basis, foundation, a socle, pedestal, base, Plin. 36, 9, 14, § 66; Stat. S. 1, 1, 58: altaris, Vulg. Lev. 1, 15.
  2. II. Transf., an elevated enclosure, a high projection, an edge, brim, brink, border, dam, dike, pier, shore, bank, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 37, § 97; Varr. R. R. 3, 11, 2; Verg. A. 10, 653; Liv. 27, 18, 6; Curt. 5, 1, 28; Sen. Contr. 3, 17; Vitr. 4, 6, 3 et saep.
    1. B. Trop.: omnia tamquam crepidine quādam comprehensione longiore sustinentur, Cic. Or. 67, 224.

crĕpĭdŭla, ae, f. dim. [crepida], a small sandal, Plaut. Pers. 4, 2, 3; cf. Gell. 13, 21, 5.

crĕpĭdŭlum, i, n., v. crepitulum fin.

† crēpis, ĭdis, f., = κρηπίς, an unknown plant, Plin. 21, 16, 59, § 99.

crĕpĭtācillum, i, n. dim. [crepitaculum], a small rattle, Lucr. 5, 229; Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 8.

crĕpĭtācŭlum, i, n. [crepito], a rattle, Quint. 9, 4, 66; Mart. 14, 54; Mart. Cap. 1, § 7; 9, §§ 909, 927.

crĕpĭto, āre, v. freq. n. [crepo], to rattle much, to creak, crackle, clatter, rustle, rumble, chatter, murmur, etc. (poet. or in post-Aug. prose): dentibus, Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 52; Lucr. 5, 746: tenui rostro, Ov. M. 11, 735; cf. id. ib. 6, 97: lapillis unda, id. ib. 11, 604: multā grandine nimbi, Verg. A. 5, 459; cf. id. G. 1, 449: leni vento brattea, id. A. 6, 209: duris incudibus enses, to ring, id. G. 2, 540; cf. arma, Tib. 2, 5, 73; Ov. M. 1, 143; 15, 783: fulvo auro rami, id. ib. 10, 648: flammā crepitante, Lucr. 6, 155; Verg. A. 7, 74: crepitanti sistro, Prop. 3 (4), 11 (9 Bib.), 43 (cf. Ov. M. 9, 784): intestina (with crepant), Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 27: flos salis in igne nec crepitat nec exsilit, crepitates, Plin. 31, 7, 41, § 85.

‡ crĕpĭtŭlum (crĕpic-; i, n.) ornamentum capitis, idem enim in capitis motu crepitum facit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 52, 19 Müll.
Form crĕpĭdŭlum, Tert. Pall. 4.

crĕpĭtus, ūs, m. [crepo], a rattling, creaking, clattering, clashing, rustling, a noise, etc. (in good prose).

  1. I. In gen.: cardinum, Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 1; cf. claustrorum (with sonitus), id. ib. 1, 3, 47: carbasi, Lucr. 6, 110: e motu frenorum, Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 12: dentium, a chattering, Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 19: pedum, id. Top. 12, 52: armorum, Liv. 25, 6, 21; 38, 17, 5: alarum (anserum). id. 5, 47, 4: plagarum, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 62, § 162: inlisae manus umeris, Sen. Ep. 56, 1: tibiarum et scabellorum, Suet. Calig. 54: arboris, Plin. 10, 18, 20, § 40: imbrium, a pattering, id. 12, 1, 5, § 10: sonitus, tonitrus, a crash, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 10: digitorum, a snapping of the fingers, as the signal of a command (cf. crepo and concrepo), Mart. 14, 119.
  2. II. In partic.: crepitus (sc. ventris), a breaking wind with noise, = πορδή (diff. from flatus, without noise), Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 16; Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 5: Sen. Ep. 91, 19; Plin. 27, 12, 87, § 110 al.; with flatus, Suet. Claud. 32.

crĕpo, ŭi, ĭtum, 1, v. n. and a. [Sanscr. krap, to lament; cf. crabro] (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose; in class. prose, concrepo).

  1. I. Neutr., to rattle, crack, creak, rustle, clatter, tinkle, jingle, chink, etc.
    1. A. In gen.: foris, Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 34; Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 11: fores, id. Eun. 5, 7, 5; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 121; 3, 3, 52: intestina (with crepitant), Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 26: herba Sabina ad focos, Prop. 4 (5), 3, 58; cf. Ov. F. 4, 742: sonabile sistrum, id. M. 9, 784 (cf. crepitanti sistro, Prop. 3 (4), 11 (9 Bip.), 43): crepante pede. Hor. Epod. 16, 48: nubes subito motu, Ov. F. 2, 501: catena, Sen. Ep. 9, 8: lapis, in statuā Memnonis, Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 58 et saep.: digiti crepantis signa novit eunuchus, a snapping the fingers (as a sign of a command), Mart. 3, 82, 15; cf. concrepo, I.
      Of the voice: vox generosa, quae non composita nec alienis auribus sed subito data crepuit, because loud, Sen. Clem. 2, 1, 1.
    2. B. In partic., to break wind, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. prohibere, p. 206; Mart. 12, 77 and 78; cf. crepitus, B.
      In a play upon words: Co. Fores hae fecerunt magnum flagitium modo. Ad. Quid id est flagitii? Co. Crepuerunt clare, Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 33.
    3. C. Transf., to break with a crash: remi, Verg. A. 5, 206.
  2. II. Act., to make something sound, make a noise with, cause to resound or rattle.
    1. A. Lit.: (Camenae) manibus faustos ter crepuere sonos, i. e. clapped, Prop. 3 (4), 10, 4; so, ter laetum sonum populus, Hor. C. 2, 17, 26: procul auxiliantia aera, Stat. Th. 6, 687: aureolos, to make to chink, i. e. to count, Mart. 5, 19, 14.
      Esp. freq.,
    2. B. Trop., to say something or talk noisily, to make much ado about, to boast of, prattle, prate, etc.: neque ego ad mensam publicas res clamo neque leges crepo, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 56: sulcos et vineta, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 84: quid veri, id. S. 2, 3, 33: immunda dicta, id. A. P. 247: post vina gravem militiam aut pauperiem, id. C. 1, 18, 5; cf. with a rel.-clause: crepat, antiquum genus ut … tolerarit aevum, * Lucr. 2, 1170.

crĕpŭlus, a, um, adj. [crepo], rattling, resounding, crashing (late Lat.): buccae, Sid. Ep. 9, 13, 2: fragor, id. ib. 4, 15.

crĕpundĭa, ōrum, n. [crepo], a rattle; and specif.,

  1. I. Most freq., a child’s rattle (cf. Ruhnk. ad Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 15), Plaut. Mil. 5, 6; id. Rud. 4, 4, 37; 5, 3, 7; id. Cist. 3, 5; 3, 4; 1, 4; Cic. Brut. 91, 313 Jahn ad loc.; Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 270.
    Hence, ‡ A CREPVNDIIS, from childhood, Inscr. Orell. 1183.
    1. B. An amulet, App. Mag. p. 310, 19.
  2. II. Rattling musical instruments, Just. 30, 1, 9.

‡ crĕpusci, qui eodem tempore erant nati, Varr. L. L. 6, § 5 [creper].

crĕpuscŭlascens, entis, Part. [crepusculum], growing dusk, dusky: hora, Sid. Ep. 8, 3.

crĕpuscŭlum, i, n. [creper], twilight, dusk (cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 5 Müll.); and in partic., evening twilight, the dusk of the evening (opp. diluculum, the morning twilight, dawn; poet. or in post-Aug. prose).

  1. I. Prop., Plaut. Cas. prol. 40; Ov. M. 1, 219; 15, 681; id. F. 4, 735; Plin. 18, 25, 58, § 219; Suet. Ner. 26 al.
  2. II. In gen., darkness: iter per opaca crepuscula, Ov. M. 14, 122; cf. id. ib. 11, 596.

Cres, ētis, v. Creta, II. A.

crescentĭa, ae, f. [cresco], an increase, augmentation: dierum (opp. brevitates), Vitr. 9, 9, 7.

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.

Crēsĭus, a, um, v. 1, Creta, II. B.

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.

Crĕūsa, ae, f., = Κρέουσα.

  1. I. A daughter of king Creon, of Corinth, married to Jason, and on that account put to death by Medea by means of a charmed offering (a garment, acc. to Hor. Epod. 5, 65; a garment and a golden chain, acc. to Sen. Med. 571 sq.; a crown, acc. to Ov. Ib. 601; Plin. 2, 105, 109, § 235), Hyg. Fab. 25; Sen. Med. 496; 509 al.
  2. II. A daughter of Priam, and wife of Æneas, Verg. A. 2, 738.
  3. III. A town, with a harbor, in Bœotia, Liv. 36, 21, 5; 42, 56, 5.
    Also called Creūsis, acc. to the Gr. Κρεῦσις, Mel. 2, 3, 10.

Crŏmyon (Cremmyon, Plin. 4, 7, 11, § 23), ōnis, m., = Κρομύων, a village in Megaris, afterwards belonging to Corinth, laid waste by a wild sow, which was slain at last by Theseus, Ov. M. 7, 435.