cretatus
From LSJ
ἐν πίθῳ τὴν κεραμείαν μανθάνειν → in breaking many pots, the potter learns his craft | of those who undertake the most difficult tasks without learning the elements of the art | don't run before you can walk
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
crētātus: a, um, adj. id.,
I marked with chalk.
I Prop.: fasciae, Cic. Att. 2, 3, 1: pedes, Plin. 35, 18, 58, § 201: bos (decorated as an offering), Juv. 10, 66: Fabulla, whitened, Mart. 2, 41, 11.—
II Transf.: ambitio, i. e. of the candidates for office, clothed in white (candidatorum), Pers. 5, 177.
