cratera

Latin

Alternative forms

• crātēr
• crēterra

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κρατήρ (kratḗr).

Noun

crātēra f (genitive crātērae); first declension

1. mixing bowl (for wine and water)
2. crater (of a volcano)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	crātēra	crātērae
genitive	crātērae	crātērārum
dative	crātērae	crātērīs
accusative	crātēram	crātērās
ablative	crātērā	crātērīs
vocative	crātēra	crātērae

Descendants

• English: crater
• Portuguese: cratera

References

• “cratera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cratera”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "cratera", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• cratera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾaˈtɛ.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾaˈtɛ.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾaˈtɛ.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾɐˈtɛ.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: cra‧te‧ra

Noun

cratera f (plural crateras)

1. (astronomy) crater (hemispherical pit)
2. (geology) crater (opening of a volcano)
3. (informal) crater (large pit)
4. (historical) krater (ancient Greek vessel)

Spanish

Noun

cratera f (plural crateras)

1. Alternative spelling of crátera

Further reading

• “cratera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10