cracens
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 Latin) 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.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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