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creber
creber
Latin
Adjective
crēber m (feminine crēbra, neuter crēbrum); first/second declension
Usage notes
May describe physical objects that appear in a multitude, or immaterial objects.
Inflection
First/second declension, nominative masculine singular in -er.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | crēber | crēbra | crēbrum | crēbrī | crēbrae | crēbra | |
| genitive | crēbrī | crēbrae | crēbrī | crēbrōrum | crēbrārum | crēbrōrum | |
| dative | crēbrō | crēbrō | crēbrīs | ||||
| accusative | crēbrum | crēbram | crēbrum | crēbrōs | crēbrās | crēbra | |
| ablative | crēbrō | crēbrā | crēbrō | crēbrīs | |||
| vocative | crēber | crēbra | crēbrum | crēbrī | crēbrae | crēbra | |
- comparative: crēbrior, superlative: crēberrimus
Related terms
References
- creber in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- creber in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “creber”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- rich in ideas: sententiis abundans or creber (opp. sententiis inanis)
- to place a close line of sentry-posts: vigilias crebras ponere (Sall. Iug. 45. 2)
- to make a sally, sortie from the town: crebras ex oppido excursiones facere (B. G. 2. 30)
- rich in ideas: sententiis abundans or creber (opp. sententiis inanis)