Crēta, ae (nom. Crētē, Mel. 2, 7, 12; Ov. M. 8, 118; 9, 668; 9, 735; acc. Creten, id. ib. 8, 99; Hor. C. 3, 27, 34 al.;
I on the contrary, Cretam, Verg. A. 3, 129 al.), f., = Κρήτη, Crete, an island in the Mediterranean Sea, distinguished in ancient times by its fruitfulness and very early cultivation , now Candia , Mel. l. l.; Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 58; Verg. A. 3, 104; Hor. Epod. 9, 29; Cic. Fl. 13, 30; id. Phil. 2, 38, 97; Vell. 2, 34, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6; Plin. 15, 11, 10, § 37.— Hence,
II Crēs , Crētis, m., and Cressa , ae, f., = Κρής, Κρῆσσα, Cretan; or as subst., a Cretan; a Cretan woman .
a Masc. Cres: Epimenides, Cic. Div. 1, 18, 34.—In plur. Cretes, the Cretans , Cic. Mur. 35, 74; Ov. Am. 3, 10, 19; gen. Cretum, Cic. Tusc. 2, 14, 34; Cat. 55, 23; Ov. F. 1, 594 al.; acc. Cretăs, Caes. B. G. 2, 7; Mel. 1, 16, 1; Ov. H. 16, 348; Luc. 4, 441 al.—
b Fem. Cressa, adj.: pharetra, Verg. G. 3, 345: nota, made with Cretan earth or chalk (v. 2. Creta, II.), Hor. C. 1, 36, 10: herbae, for healing in gen., Prop. 2, 1, 61 (acc. to Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 412, perh. for dictamnus): bos, i. e. Pasiphaë (q. v.), id. 4 (5), 7, 57.—Subst. for Ariadne , Ov. Am. 1, 7, 16; for Aĕrope , id. A. A. 1, 327.—
B Crēsĭus (in MSS. and edd. also Cressĭus ; cf. Verg. A. 5, 285 Wagn.), a, um, adj., = Κρήσιος, Cretan : nemora, Verg. A. 4, 70: prodigia, i. e. taurus (v. C.), id. ib. 8, 295: regna, Ov. H. 16, 299: tecta, Stat. Th. 12, 582 al.—
C Crētaeus , a, um, adj., Cretan : Ida, Verg. A. 12, 412: urbes, Ov. M. 9, 666: ratis, Prop. 3 (4), 19, 26: taurus, the bullock which Neptune sent to Minos , Ov. M. 7, 434.—Subst.: Crētae-us , i, m., the Cretan , for Epimenides , Prop. 2, 34 (25), 29.—*
D Crētānus , i, m., a Cretan (prob. a word coined in sport), Plaut. Curc. 3, 73.—
E Crētensis , e, adj., Cretan : homo, judex, Cic. Phil. 5, 5, 13 and 14: Juppiter, id. N. D. 3, 21, 53: sagittarii, Liv. 37, 41, 9 et saep.—In plur.: Crētenses , ium, m., the Cretans ( renowned as archers ), Nep. Hann. 9, 2; Liv. 37, 60, 4; 41, 25, 7 al.—
F Crētĭcus , a, um, adj., Cretan : mare, Hor. C. 1, 26, 2: vinum, Plin. 14, 9, 11, § 81: labyrinthus, id. 36, 13, 19, § 90: bellum, Flor. 3, 7: pes, an amphimacrus , Diom. p. 475 P. al.: versus, composed of the amphimacrus , id. p. 513 ib. al.—
2 Subst.
a Crētĭcus , i, m., a surname of Q. Metellus, from his subjugation of Crete , Flor. 3, 7 fin. ; 3, 8, 1; Vell. 2, 34; Cic. Att. 1, 19, 2; cf. id. Fl. 13, 30; Ov. F. 1, 594.—
b Crētĭca , ae, f., a plant, called also clematitis, Plin. 25, 8, 54, § 96.—
c In the Gr. form Crētĭcē , ēs, f., a plant, called also hibiscus, App. Herb. 38 and 62.—
G Crētis , ĭdis, f., a Cretan (woman): Nymphae, Ov. F. 3, 444.