Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Chalk.
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[6271] Primum animo tibi proponas quo sanguine creta.
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Vrbes in universo imperio paucae sunt: vicis plurimum habitatur, domibus ex creta et stramine constructis.
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[In defining words of this ending, combine the meaning of the suffix with the meaning of the root; thus, _cretaceous_ means having the quality of _chalk_.] 1. _creta_ ceous, chalk
Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois Elmer W. Cavins
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The commonest and cheapest colors were the Appianum, which was a clay, and the creta viridis, the common green earth of
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Purpurissimum was made from creta argentaria, a fine chalk or clay, steeped in a purple dye, obtained from the murex.
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Show the man that took it. quid est? quid ridetis? novi omnes, scio fures esse hic complures, qui vestitu et creta occultant sese atque sedent quasi sint frugi. quid ais tu? tibi credere certum est, nam esse bonum ex voltu cognosco. hem, nemo habet horum? occidisti. dic igitur, quis habet? nescis?
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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The Mesozoic comprises three systems, -- the TRIASSIC, named from its threefold division in Germany; the JURASSIC, which is well displayed in the Jura Mountains; and the CRETACEOUS, which contains the extensive chalk (Latin, creta) deposits of Europe.
The Elements of Geology William Harmon Norton 1900
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But soon the dull and intolerable _creta_, ash-grey earth, without a vestige of vegetation, furrowed by rain, and desolately breaking into gullies, swallows up variety and charm.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series John Addington Symonds 1866
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The people call this soil _creta_; but it seems to be less like a chalk than a marl, or _marna_.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series John Addington Symonds 1866
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