cratis
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Latin > English
cratis cratis N F :: wickerwork; bundle of brush, fascine; framework, network, lattice; bush-harrow
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
crātis: is (
I nom. sing. only Veg. Art. Vet. 1, 56, 5; acc. sing. cratim, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 65), f. Sanscr. kart, to spin; cf. crassus, wicker-work, a hurdle.
I Lit.
A In gen.
1 Sing. (rare): flexilis, Plin. 16, 40, 77, § 209; 10, 44, 61, § 126: juncea, id. 21, 14, 49, § 84; Juv. 11, 82.—
2 Plur. (so most freq.; and by the ancient gram. sometimes regarded as plur. tantum; v. Neue, Formenl. I. p. 455), Cato, R. R. 10, 2; 11, 4; Verg. A. 11, 64; Hor. Epod. 2, 45; Col. 12, 15, 1 al.—
B Esp.
1 A harrow; sing., Plin. 18, 16, 43, § 145; 18, 20, 49, § 180; 18, 18, 48, § 173.—Plur., Verg. G. 1, 94.—
2 A hurdle with which criminals were covered, and on which stones were thrown; sing., Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 65; Liv. 1, 51, 9; 4, 50, 4; Tac. G. 12.—
3 Milit., fascines, Caes. B. G. 4, 17; 5, 40; Liv. 10, 38, 5; Tac. A. 1, 68 al. —As a covering for besiegers in attacks, Curt. 5, 3, 7.—
4 The ribs of a shield: umbonum, Verg. A. 7, 633; Curt. 10, 2, 23; Sil. 5, 522 sq.—
5 = testudo, the interlocked shields of a rank of soldiers, Luc. 3, 485.—
II Transf., a joint, rib, etc.: pectoris, Verg. A. 12, 508: laterum, Ov. M. 12, 370; cf. spinae, the joints of the backbone, id. ib. 8, 806: favorum, honey-comb, Verg. G. 4, 214: cratem facit vitis, grows confusedly, Col. 4, 2, 1 al.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
crātis, is, f., claie, treillis : crates stercorariæ Cato Agr. 10, 2, claies à porter le fumier ; crates salignæ umbonum Virg. En. 7, 633, les treillis d’osier pour les boucliers ; cratis saligna Petr. 135, 8, 3, claie d’osier || [en part.] a) herse de labour : Plin. 18, 173 ; Virg. G. 1, 94 ; b) claie, instrument de supplice : Pl. Pœn. 1025 ; Liv. 1, 51, 9 ; c) [seulement au pluriel] : claies, fascines : Cæs. G. 7, 58, 1, etc.; Liv. 10, 38, 5 || [fig.] crates [acc. pl.] pectoris Virg. En. 12, 508, le thorax ; crates favorum Virg. G. 4, 214, les claies des rayons de miel. nom. cratis Varro L. 7, 55 ; Veg. Mul. 1, 56, 5 ; acc. cratim Pl. Pœn. 1025 ; mais -em habituel.
Latin > German (Georges)
crātis, is, f. (viell. zu altind. çrtáti, er bindet, u. griech. κάρταλος, Korb), Flechtwerk, Geflecht, Hürde, Rost, Faschinen, I) eig.: cr. stercoraria, Cato u. Varro: cr. pastorales, Col.: bubulis utribus contabulatae crates (als Fahrzeuge), Solin.: als Egge, cr. dentatae, Plin.: cr. vimineae, Verg.: inductā crate coaequare, Col. – im Kriegsw., zur Beschalung beim Brückenbau, longuriis cratibusque consterni, Caes.: zur Ausfüllung und Planierung, wie unsere »Faschinen«, crates vimineae, Amm.: cratibus atque aggere paludem explere, Caes.: haec levibus cratibus terrāque inaequare, Caes.: zu Turm- u. Mauerzinnen, Brustwehren, Bollwerken gegen den Feind, Caes., Tac. u.a. – zur Strafe den Missetätern über den Kopf gedeckt u. mit Steinen überworfen, crate superne iniectā saxisque congestis mergi, Liv. 1, 51, 9: necari sub crate, Liv. 4, 50, 4: sub cratim uti iubeas sese supponi, Plaut. Poen. 1025: iniecta insuper crate, Tac. Germ. 12, 2. – II) übtr.: cr. favorum, Honigwaben, Verg.: cr. spinae, das Gefüge des Rückgrats, Ov.: cr. pectoris, Verg. – / Akk. Sing. gew. cratem, aber cratim, Plaut. Poen. 1025. – Der Nom. cratis steht Veget. mul. 1, 56, 5: ein Nom. crates ist nirgends nachgewiesen; vgl. Neue-Wagener Formenl. 3 Bd. 1. S. 306.