noun · femininefirst declension
crātēra
crātēra f (genitive crātērae)
Meaning
- mixing bowl (for wine and water)
- crater (of a volcano)
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Poculum · Calix · Scyphus · Simpuvium · Cyathus · Crater
1. Poculum and calix denote, as old Latin words, any sort of drinking vessel, merely with reference to its use; poculum, a usual cup for meals; calix, a rarer chalice, or goblet, for feasts; whereas scyphus, cantharus, cymbium, culigna, are foreign words, of Greek origin, denoting particular sorts of cups, with reference to their form. 2. Poculum, etc. all serve as drinking cups; whereas the old Roman word simpuvium, and the modern cyathus, are ladles to fill the pocula from the crater, as with the punch-ladle we fill the punch-glasses from the punch-bowl. (v. 318.)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | crātēra | crātērae |
| genitive | crātērae | crātērārum |
| dative | crātērae | crātērīs |
| accusative | crātēram | crātērās |
| ablative | crātērā | crātērīs |
| vocative | crātēra | crātērae |
crātēra (acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 53, 10, and Non. p. 547, 25 sq., sometimes crē-terra; cf. Naev. Trag. Rel. v. 45 Rib.), ae, f., and (mostly poet.) crātēr, ēris, m., = κρατήρ, Ion. κρητήρ,
I. a vessel in which wine was mingled with water, a mixing-vessel or bowl (mostly poet.).
I. Prop.
(a). Cratera, ae, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 59, § 131 Zumpt N. cr.; id. Fam. 7, 1, 2 Orell. N. cr.; id. Arat. 387; Liv. 5, 25, 10; 5, 28, 2; Curt. 4, 8, 16; Hor. C. 3, 18, 7; id. S. 2, 4, 80; Pers. 2, 52; Hyg. Astr. 2, 30; Inscr. Orell 1541 al.—Abl. plur. crateris, Enn. ap. Censor. p. 2727 P. (Ann. v. 604 Vahl.; al. crateribus).—
(b). Crater, ēris, Ov. M. 8, 669; 12, 236; id. F. 5, 522; Prop. 3 (4), 17, 37 al.— Acc. Gr. cratēra, Verg. A. 3, 525; Ov. M. 5, 82; 8, 679; Juv. 12, 44.—Plur. crateras, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 165; Verg. A. 1, 724; 9, 165.—
II. Meton.
A. A vessel for drawing water, a bucket, water-pail: cratera, Naev. ap. Non. p. 547, 30.—
C. A water-basin:
crater, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 32.—D. The aperture of a volcanic mountain, the crater:
crater, Lucr. 6, 701; Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 88.—F. A bay near Baiæ, Cic. Att. 2, 8, 2.—
G. A constellation, the Bowl.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
crātēra ae, f
, κρατήρ, a mixing-vessel, winebowl, punch - bowl: pulcherrimae: vetus, H.: dat Crateram Aeneae, O. — A bay near Baiae.—The Bowl (a constellation).
Origins
From Ancient Greek κρατήρ (kratḗr).
Descendants
- Englishcrater
- Portuguesecratera
In English words that came into English from crātēra
- crateriformcrātēra