cretosus

Latin

Etymology

crēta (“chalk”) +‎ -ōsus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kreːˈtoː.sus/, [kreːˈt̪oːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kreˈto.sus/, [kreˈt̪ɔːs̬us]

Adjective

crētōsus (feminine crētōsa, neuter crētōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. rich in chalk or clay; chalky or clayey

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	crētōsus	crētōsa	crētōsum		crētōsī	crētōsae	crētōsa
genitive	crētōsī	crētōsae	crētōsī		crētōsōrum	crētōsārum	crētōsōrum
dative	crētōsō	crētōsae	crētōsō		crētōsīs
accusative	crētōsum	crētōsam	crētōsum		crētōsōs	crētōsās	crētōsa
ablative	crētōsō	crētōsā	crētōsō		crētōsīs
vocative	crētōse	crētōsa	crētōsum		crētōsī	crētōsae	crētōsa

References

• “cretosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cretosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers