LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

crātēr

crātēr m (genitive crātēris or crātēros)
Classical[ˈkraː.teːr]Ecclesiastical[ˈkraː.ter]

Meaning

  1. A basin or bowl for water or for mixing.
  2. The opening of a volcano.

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

ōs apertum terrae vel montis
crātēr -ēris (m) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 11, 16

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecrātērcrātērēs
genitivecrātēris
crātēros		crātērum
dativecrātērīcrātēribus
accusativecrātērem
crātēra		crātērēs
crātēras
ablativecrātērecrātēribus
vocativecrātērcrātērēs

crātēr, ēris, v. cratera.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κρᾱτήρ (krātḗr, “mixingbowl, wassail-bowl”), from κεράννυμι (keránnumi, “to mix, to mingle, to blend”).

Descendants
  • Englishcrater
  • Frenchcratère
  • GermanKrater
  • Spanishcráter
  • Catalancràter
  • Finnishkrateeri
  • Hungariankráter
  • Serbo-Croatianкра́тер
  • Russianкра́тер
  • Siciliancratiri

In English words that came into English from crātēr

  • cratercrātēr

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesCraterCrater (κρατήρ) was the large bowl used at feasts for mixing the wine for the whole company. There can be little doubt that it is as old as communal l…

Quick answers

What does crātēr mean in Latin?
crātēr, a noun, means “A basin or bowl for water or for mixing.; The opening of a volcano.”.
What is the genitive of crātēr?
The genitive singular is crātēris. crātēr is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce crātēr?
In classical Latin, [ˈkraː.teːr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkraː.ter].