crocitus

Latin

Etymology

From crociō (“to croak like a raven”) (present stem crōcī-) +‎ -tus (suffix forming verbal nouns).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kroːˈkiː.tus/, [kroːˈkiːt̪ʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kroˈt͡ʃi.tus/, [kroˈt͡ʃiːt̪us]

Noun

crōcītus m (genitive crōcītūs); fourth declension

  1. the croaking of the raven
    Synonym: crocatio

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative crōcītus crōcītūs
Genitive crōcītūs crōcītuum
Dative crōcītuī crōcītibus
Accusative crōcītum crōcītūs
Ablative crōcītū crōcītibus
Vocative crōcītus crōcītūs

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