LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

crisis

crisis f (genitive crisis or criseōs or crisios)
Classical[ˈkrɪ.sɪs]Ecclesiastical[ˈkriː.s̬is]

Meaning

  1. femininecrisis
    Hic quidem ait nos eandem crisin habere, quia utrique dentes cadunt.He said that we indeed have the same crisis, because both of us are losing teeth.65 AD, Seneca, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium, published 1925, page 83.4:

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecrisiscrisēs
criseis
genitivecrisis
criseōs, crisios		crisium
dativecrisīcrisibus
accusativecrisim
crisin, crisem		crisēs
crisīs
ablativecrisī
crise		crisibus
vocativecrisis
crisi		crisēs
criseis

crĭsis, is, f., = κρίσις, medic. t. t.,
I. a decision, crisis, Sen. Ep. 83, 4.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*krey-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*krinyéti
  3. Proto-Hellenic*kríňňō
  4. Ancient Greek κρῑ́νω(krī́nō)
  5. Ancient Greek -τῐς(-tĭs)
  6. Ancient Greek -σῐς(-sĭs)
  7. Latincrisis

Ancient Greek κρῐ́σῐς (krĭ́sĭs)bor. Latin crisis Borrowed from Ancient Greek κρῐ́σῐς (krĭ́sĭs, “decision, judgement”), from κρῑ́νω (krī́nō, “to decide”) + -σῐς (-sĭs).

Descendants
  • Catalancrisi
  • Englishcrisis
  • Spanishcrisis
  • Dutchcrisis
  • Old Frenchcrisis

Quick answers

What does crisis mean in Latin?
crisis, a noun, means “crisis”.
What is the genitive of crisis?
The genitive singular is crisis. crisis is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce crisis?
In classical Latin, [ˈkrɪ.sɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkriː.s̬is].
Where does crisis come from?
Proto-Indo-European *krey- → Proto-Indo-European *krinyéti → Proto-Hellenic *kríňňō → Ancient Greek κρῑ́νω (krī́nō) → Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) → Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) → Latin crisis.