CRE 
CRE 
CRE 
pliii. JBp. — Also, the vent or aperture of 
■ a volcano, whence the fire issues. PUn 
_Also, the opening in the earth which 
Pluto made for himself. Ovid. Also, a 
hail near Baijffi. Cic. — Also, a star. Ovid. 
CRaTeRX (Kparyp), ffi, f. same as Crater, 
a large howl to mix wine and water in. 
Cir. --If Also, a star. Cic. 
CRATERITeS (line.), m. a precioiis 
stone, perhaps a sort of jacinth of the 
color of amber. Pirn. 
CRATES (uni:.), is, f- a texture of rods or 
twins wattled together; a hurdle, crate, 
wicker vessel, rapobs. Varr. stercora- 
ria. Cws. Cratibus paludem explore, 
with fascines. — Hence, a harrow. Virg. 
and Plin .—It was also a punishment 
to cover criminals with a hurdle, and 
then to throw stones upon it. Liv. - 
IT From the resemblance: Petr, nriren- 
tea, gridiron. Virg. favorum, the texture 
of the honey-comb. Id. pectoris. Odd. 
, spina;, the chine of the bach. 
CRATHIS (KpdSis), is & idis, m. a river 
in Lower Italy, now Crati. Ovid. 
CRaTICIOS, and CaRTITIOS (crates), 
2 a, um, adj. twisted, wattled , made with 
hurdles of the form of a gridiron, Sec. 
Vitruv. parieles. 
CRATICOLX (dimin. of crates), te, i. a 
3 small hurdle; a gridiron, rappiov, iaxa- 
piov. Martial, and Cato. 
CRXTINOS, i, m. a native of Miens, cele¬ 
brated for his comic writings. Ilorat. 
CRATI 5 (crates), is, a. 4. to harrow or 
2 break the clods of ploughed land. Phn 
CRATITIQS, a, um. See Craticius. 
CREABILIS (creo), e, adj. that can be 
3 made, produced or created. Jlpul. 
CREXGRX (xpeaypa), ffi, f. a flesh-hook to 
3 take meat out of the pot. Martian. Capell. 
CREAMEN (creo), inis, n. creation, or any 
3 thinir produced. Prudent. 
CREATI5 (Id.), onis, f. a creating, ap 
pointing, choosing , Staking, electing. Cic 
magistratuum. -IT Also, a procrea¬ 
tion. Pandect, liberorum. 
CREATOR (Id.), oris, m. a creator, maker, 
author, founder, builder, Stipiovpyos, 
KTiarys. Cic. -IT Also, a father. Ovid. 
_IT Also, one that appoints, chooses, 
elects, makes, Sec. Cod. Just. 
CREATRIX (creator), Icis, f. she that 
3 makes, produces or creates. Lucrct. - 
IT Also, a mother. Virg. 
CREATORX (creo), ffi, f. a thing created; 
3 a creature, Kriapa. Tertull. 
CReBER (cresco), bra, um, adj. frequent, 
repeated, numerous, thick, close, avx y o;, 
Sanys, §apiv6(. Cic. Liter® crebnores. 
Id. .Edificia creberrima. Ovid. Lucus 
creber arundinibus, set thick. -IT A1 
so, doing a thing frequently, abounding 
in any thing. Cic. In eo creber fuisti. 
Id. Creber est rerum frequentia, ft. e. 
crebro usurpat. Crebra (neutr.) for 
crebro. Virg. — So, also, Id. Creber 
pulsat, ft. e. crebro. 
CReBeSCS (from creber, as rubesco from 
ruber, and consequently more correct 
than crebresco), is, bui, n. 3. to grow 
frequent, grow strong, increase more and 
more, rjvx v °vpai, fiia$pv\\eopai. Virg. 
and Tacit. — Hence, Crebescit, a rumor 
is spreading abroad, much talked of; a 
report becomes prevalent, that, &c. 
Tacit. 
CReBRe (creber), adv. closely. Vitruv. 
Alnus crebre fixa. 
CREBRESCO. See Crebesco. 2 
CReBRITAS (creber). atis, f. frequency. 
Cic. - IT Also, density, closeness. 
Vitruv. aeris. 
CReBRITER, adv. for crebro. Vitruv. 
CReBRo (creber), adverb, frequently, 
oftentimes, repeatedly. Cic. Literas 
crebro mittas. Id. crebrius. Id. cre- 
berrime. 
CRf-BRS (Id.), as, avi, atum, n. 1. to do 
a thing repeatedly. Plaut. -IT Also, 
activ. to make close, condense. PUn. 
Tela crebrata, ft. e. dense texta. 
CREDIBILIS (credo), e, adj. credible, 
probable, likely, like enough, that may be 
believed. Cic. .Narrationes credibiles. 
Ovid. Credibili majora. Quintal. Cre- 
dibilior. 
CREDIBILITER (crecilbilis),adv. credibly, 
1 probably. Cic. At quam non modo 
non credibiliter, sed ne suspiciose qui- 
dem. Qu intil. Credibilius. 
CREDITS (frequentat. of credo), as, n. 1. 
3 to believe. Fulgent. 
CREDITOR (credo), oris, m. one that lends 
or trusts another; a creditor, xpij<rrr)j. 
Pandect. -IT Figur. PUn. 
CREDITRIX (creditor), icis, f. a female 
3 creditor. Pandect. 
CREDITOS, a, um. See Credo. 
CRED5 (compos, for certum do), is, idi, 
itum, n. and a. 3. — As an intrans. it sig¬ 
nifies to trust, have confidence to. rely up¬ 
on, confide in, give credit to, believe, nia- 
rebw. Cic. alicui. Sallust, virtuti alicu- 
jus. — Also without the dat. Cic ..— Crede 
milii and mihi crede are sometimes put 
adverbially for profecto — believe me, in¬ 
deed, in truth. -IT Asa trans. it signifies 
to confide or consign to one's care, commit 
to one’s trust, intrust. Terent. alicui su- 
am vitam. Cic. se victori. Virg. in so¬ 
les novos for novis solibus. — Hence, to 
lend. Cic. alicui pecuniam. — Also, 
absol. Cic. to lend money. — Hence, 
Creditum, any thing committed to one’s 
trust; a trust,"debt. Senec. and Sueton. 
— Pandect. Alicui in creditum ire or 
dare, ft. e. credere. Id. In creditum 
accipere, as a thing given on condition of 
return or repayment; as a trust, loan. Id. 
In credito esse, to be committed to one’s 
trust; to be lent. — Also, to believe, take 
for true. Cic. omnia. — Also, with the 
gen. Plaut. Cui omnium rerum credit, 
ft. e. in omnibus rebus or omnes res. — 
Hence, in general, to think, suppose, 
believe, imagine. Cic. - IT Credo is 
frequently inserted adverbially and 
without governing any case or sen¬ 
tence, in order to denote the impression 
which a thing makes upon the individ¬ 
ual character of the person speaking; it 
consequently is often nothing but a 
polite limitation of a person’s opinion,— 
1 should think, perhaps, probably. _ Cic. 
Male, credo, mererer. Id. An illius 
vicem, credo, doles. ■— Crcdor is some¬ 
times put for creditur mihi. Ovid Cre- 
demur, ft. e. credetur nobis. — Crcdor 
stands often for creditur de me. Ovid. 
Credebar sanguinis auctor, ft. e. I loas 
thought to be, &c. Tacit. Creditus in- 
teriisse. — Credier for credi. Plaut. — 
Credin’ for credisne ? Terent. 
CREDO AM and CREDOIM for credam. 
Plaut. 
CREDOLITAS (credulus), atis, f. creduli 
2 ty, rashness of belief, raxvmiSeia. Plane 
in Cic. Ep. 
CREDOLCS (credo), a, um, adj. easy or 
rash of belief, credulous, morsvTiicds, sv- 
nioTOs. Cic. senex. — Also, figur. Ovid. 
piscis. — Also, alicui, one that easily be¬ 
lieves another person. Virg. and Ilorat. 
— Also, in rem. Ovid. — Justin. Com* 
vivia credula, familiar, cordial, without 
distrust. - IT Also, easily gaining 
credit. Tacit, fama. 
CREMATIS (cremo), onis, f. a burning or 
2 consuming by fire. Plin. 
CREMATOR (Id.), oris, m. one who burns 
3 or consumes by fire. Tertull. 
OReMeNTUM (cresco), i, n. a growth, an 
2 increase. Varro and Plin. 
CREMERX, a, m. a small river of Etruria, 
famous for the death of the 300 Fabii. 
Uv. — Hence, Juvenal. Cremer® 
logic. 
CREMERENSIS (Cremera), e, adj. per¬ 
taining to Cremera. Tacit. 
CREMIUM (cremo), ii, n. small fire-wood, 
brush-wood. Colum. 
CREMO (unc.), as, avi, atum, a. 1. to 
burn, set on fire, xaiio. Cic. corpus. 
CREMoNX, ®, f. now Cremona, a town of 
Italy, on the Po. — Hence, Cremonensis, 
e, adj. Tacit, ager. Liv. Cremonen- 
ses, the inhabitants of Cremona. 
CREMOR (unc ), oris, m. the thick juice or 
2 milky substance obtained from macerated 
or pressed grains. Cato. Cremor cras- 
sus, a thick pap. 
CRENX (unc.), ffi, f. a notch: an incision. 
2 Plin. 11, G3 (si lectio certa). 
CREO (unc.), as, avi, atum, a. 1. to make, 
create, form, produce, Krigco, rcoiew. 
Plin. herbas. Cic. oratorem. — Hence, 
to generate, beget, bear, bring forth. Liv. 
and Pallad. -IT Also, to make, cause, 
give, afford, bring on, occasion. Cic. 
alicui periculum. Id. errorem. Plaut 
voluptatem.-IT Also, to make, elect, 
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appoint, create Cic. consules, praeto 
res. Id. tribunos plebis. JVepos. re. 
gem. Liv. dictatorein. 
CREoN (Kpewv), tis, m. a king of Corinth. 
Ilorat. -IT Also, a king of Thebes. 
CREPaX (crepo), acis, adj. malting a 
3 noise, resounding, rustling, creakbitr , 
crackling. Mmcenas ap. Senec. 
CREPEROS (unc.), a, um, adj. doubtful, 
uncertain, dark, dusky, difficult, critical 
Lucret. bellum. Synim. Creperum noc- 
tis, twilight. 
CREPIDX (Kprymi), ffi, f. a sandal, 
pa; a kind of covering for the feet, 
used among the Greeks and Romans. - 
It consisted only of a sole, which left 
the upper part of the foot bare, and was 
fastened on by means of leathern 
thongs or strings, crossed over and 
wound round the ankle. Cic. — PUn, 
Ne sutor supra crepidam, sc. judicet, let 
not a shoe-maker go beyond his last. 
CREPIDARIUS (crepida), a, um, adj. 
3 e. g. sutor, who makes stindals. Oell. 
CReI’IDATOS (Id.), f, um, adj. wearing 
sandals. Cic. and Sueton. 
CREPID5 (sprints),finis, f.abasis, ground 
or foundation, the. urbis. Plin. obelis- 
ci, a pedestal. - IT Also, an elevated 
shore or hank whereon the water beats. 
Liv. — Also, the top, edge or brow of 
a steep rock. Virg. saxi. •—- Also, a sort 
of mound raised on each side of the 
road. Pctron. semitffi. — Also, the bor¬ 
der, brink, brim of any thing. -IT In 
architecture, Crepidines, ornamental pro¬ 
jections or prominences. Vitruv. 
CREPIDOLX (dimin. of crepida), ffi, f. 
3 a little sandal. Plaut. 
CREPIDOLUM (crepida), i, n. a sort of 
head-dress. Tertull ... 
CREPITACILLUM (dimin. of crepitacu- 
3 lum), i, n. a rattle. Tertull. 
CREPITACOLUM (crepito), i, n. a chiWs 
2 rattle; any instrument that makes a noise 
when shaken by the hand, aeterpov. Lu¬ 
cret. 
CREPITS (frequentat. of crepo), as, n.l. 
2 same as Crepo. Plaut., Propert. and 
Virg. 
CREPITOLUM, same as Crepidulum. 
CREPITOS (crepo), us, m. a noise, rat¬ 
tling, clashing, jingling, ringing, tink¬ 
ling, crackling, creaking, rustling, rpddos. 
Liv. armorum, the clattering. Cic. den- 
tium, the chattering. Id. plagarum. Liv. 
alarum. Id. aeris, a resounding. Plin. 
imbrium per folia, a pattering. Id. car- 
dinum, the creaking. Martial, digito- 
rum, the snapping. Jtjueton. ventris,and 
Cic. Crepitus, i^Kiking of wind back¬ 
wards. — Hen ^rplin. Crepitum red- 
dere, or. Sueton. emittere, to break wind 
behind. 
CREP5 (unc.), as, ui, Itum, n. and a. 1. 
— As an intrans. it signifies, to sound, 
resound, ring, tinkle, jingle, clink, ratuc, 
clatter, creak, crackle, rustle, xpotpetv, clC. 
Plaut., Ovid, and Plin. — Martial. Digih 
crepantis signa, the sign of snapping the 
fingers. Terent. Fores crepuerunt, the 
door has creaked, h. e. is about to be 
opened. The doors of the Greeks 
opened to the street; and when any 
one went out, he always made a noise, 
by striking the door on the inside, to 
give warning to those without, t° , 
at a distance. Knocking from without 
the Greeks called k6ttt£o/, fores pultar 
or vulsare. — Hence, to Ireak, burs, 
fly into pieces ; to be shivered or shattcrea. 
Virg. Remi crepuere. - Also , to break 
wind behind. Martial. -IT As a trans¬ 
it signifies to make a noise with J 
thing ; to make it sound or resound. 
aera. — Hence, to talk much of, boas J, 
praise. Plaut. leges. Ilorat. P‘ V 
riem, to decry , complain oj. 
antiquum genus. 
CREPO LOS (crepo), a, um, adj. funding, 
3 resounding, rushing, rustling • / , , 
CREPONDIX (Id.)* arum, n. 
playthings, toys, or baubles. L,c ' e 
dren that had been exposed or in some 
other way lost, were recogn.^ 1 
them. Terent. - 11 Am°> 
musical instruments, as ' )e, ’ s ’ rn 5 fi „ ns in 
castanets, &c. used by the Egyptians 
dancing. Justin. . i9 n , 
CREPuSCOLaSCS (crepuseulum), > 
3. to grow dusk. Sidon. 
