Cressa

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κρῆσσα (Krêssa).

Proper noun

Crēssa f sg (genitive Crēssae); first declension

1. A city of Paphlagonia founded by Meriones after the war of Troy
2. A port town in Caria, mentioned by Pliny

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Crēssa
genitive	Crēssae
dative	Crēssae
accusative	Crēssam
ablative	Crēssā
vocative	Crēssa
locative	Crēssae

Descendants

• Translingual: Cressa

Noun

Crēssa f sg (genitive Crēssae, masculine Crēs); first declension

1. a female Cretan; a Cretan woman

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Crēssa	Crēssae
genitive	Crēssae	Crēssārum
dative	Crēssae	Crēssīs
accusative	Crēssam	Crēssās
ablative	Crēssā	Crēssīs
vocative	Crēssa	Crēssae

Adjective

Crēssa f

1. (of a woman or a grammatically feminine thing) Cretan

Declension

Like the noun.

References

• “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