cretosus

== Latin == === Etymology === From crēta (“chalk”) + -ōsus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kreːˈtoː.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kreˈtɔː.s̬us] === Adjective === crētōsus (feminine crētōsa, neuter crētōsum); first/second-declension adjective rich in chalk or clay; chalky or clayey ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== Italo-Romance: Italian: cretoso === References === “cretosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “cretosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers