noun · femininethird declension
crēbritās
crēbritās f (genitive crēbritātis)
Classical[ˈkreː.brɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈkrɛː.bri.tas]
Meaning
- thickness, closeness, frequency
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | crēbritās | crēbritātēs |
| genitive | crēbritātis | crēbritātum |
| dative | crēbritātī | crēbritātibus |
| accusative | crēbritātem | crēbritātēs |
| ablative | crēbritāte | crēbritātibus |
| vocative | crēbritās | crēbritātēs |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- crebritas or copia (opp. inopia) sententiarum or simply copia
- richness of ideas.
crēbrĭtas, ātis, f. creber,
I. thickness, closeness, frequency:
spissae venarum, Vitr. 2, 10, 2: caeli, id. 9, 8, 3: fluctuum, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 116 (3, 42 Dietsch): litterarum, Cic. Att. 13, 18 init.: crebritas et magnitudo officiorum, id. Fam. 3, 1, 1: sententiarum (with concinnitas), id. Brut. 95, 327.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
crēbritās ātis, f
creber, thickness, closeness, frequency: litterarum.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin crēbritās From crēber (“close, repeated”) + -tās.