crena

English

Etymology

Latin crēna

Noun

crena (plural crenae)

  1. (sciences) A furrow or notch.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps from the Proto-Indo-European roots *(s)ker- (“to cut off”) or *krey- (“to separate”). Spuriously attested in Pliny.

Noun

crēna f (genitive crēnae); first declension

  1. incision, notch
    Synonyms: incīsiō, incīsūra

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative crēna crēnae
Genitive crēnae crēnārum
Dative crēnae crēnīs
Accusative crēnam crēnās
Ablative crēnā crēnīs
Vocative crēna crēnae

Derived terms

References
  • “crena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • crena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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