cracens

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kerḱ- (“to become thin, to wane”), related to Sanskrit कृश (kṛśa, “thin, lean”), Lithuanian karštu (“to age”), Avestan *𐬐𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬯𐬀 (*kər^əsa, “meager, lean”).

Also compare gracilis (“thin, slender”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkra.kẽːs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkraː.t͡ʃens]

Adjective

cracēns (genitive cracentis); third-declension one-termination adjective

slender, neat, graceful (as the letter C)

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	masc./fem.	neuter	masc./fem.	neuter
	singular		plural
nominative	cracēns		cracentēs	cracentia
genitive	cracentis		cracentium
dative	cracentī		cracentibus
accusative	cracentem	cracēns	cracentēs	cracentia
ablative	cracentī		cracentibus
vocative	cracēns		cracentēs	cracentia

References

“cracens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
cracens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN