cratis
Latin
Etymology
Probably from *kréh₂-tis (“fenced handiwork”), possibly of substrate origin; compare Proto-Germanic *hurdiz (“wickerwork door or frame, hurdle”), Old Prussian corto (“fence”).[1]
Other theories derive the word from Proto-Indo-European *kr̥tis, from a root *kert- (“to weave, twist together”); if so, compare Latin crassus, Sanskrit कृत् (kṛt, “to spin”), and, according to Witzel,[2] Sanskrit कवि (kavi, “reins, ladle”). However, the connection to *kert- is implicitly denied by de Vaan. The connection with Ancient Greek κύρτος (kúrtos, “weel, lobster pot”) has also been dismissed by R. S. P. Beekes.[3]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkraː.tɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkraː.t̪is]
Noun
crātis f (genitive crātis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -em or -im, ablative singular in -e or -ī).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | crātis | crātēs |
| genitive | crātis | crātium |
| dative | crātī | crātibus |
| accusative | crātem crātim |
crātēs crātīs |
| ablative | crāte crātī |
crātibus |
| vocative | crātis | crātēs |
Derived terms
- crāticius
- crāticula
- crāticulum
- crāticulus
- crātiō
Descendants
References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “crātis, -is”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 141
- ^ Michael Witzel, Autochthonous Aryans? The Evidence from Old Indian and Iranian Texts, p. 35
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “κύρτος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 808
Further reading
- “cratis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cratis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "cratis", 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)
- “cratis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.