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Cretan, a. and n.|ˈkriːtən|
[ad. L. Crētānus. The forms used in the various translations of the Bible are, in Acts ii. 11 Cretes (Middle English (a 1400, ed. A. C. Paues), Geneva and A.V.), in Titus i. 12 Cretayns (Tindale and Coverdale), Cretyans (Cranmer), Cretians (Geneva and A.V.); Reims and Douay have Cretensians, and R.V. Cretans in both places.]
A. adj. Of or belonging to the island of Crete in the Mediterranean.
B. n. A native of Crete.
Cretan bull, the bull beloved by Pasiphæ. Cretan carrot, the plant Athamanta cretensis, used in medicine. Cretan hemp, bastard hemp.
[c893K. Alfred Oros. 1 Hu Cretense & Atheniense, Creca leode, him betweonum wunnon.] 1579North Plutarch's Lives 276 This was but a fraude and a Cretan lye, to deceaue the Cretans with. 1596Shakes. Tam. Shr. i. i. 175 When with his knees he kist the Cretan strond. 1654Ogilby Virgil, Bucolicks v. 24 note, That excellent Cretan Archer. 1797Encycl. Brit. V. 532/2 In order to distinguish the true Cretans from strangers, they were named Eteocretes. 1819Shelley Peter Bell 3rd iii. xiii, Lunches and snacks so aldermanic..Where reigns a Cretan-tongued panic. 1820― Œd. Tyr. ii. ii. 3 What though Cretans old called thee City-crested Cybele? 1821T. Campbell in New Monthly Mag. II. 438 (title) Song of Hybrias the Cretan. [1829Loudon Encycl. Plants 506 Oríganum Dictámnus, Dittany of Crete.] 1868S. Hereman Paxton's Bot. Dict. 164/2 Cretan carrot. 1874Hardy Far from Madding Crowd xxv, He was perfectly truthful toward men, but to women lied like a Cretan. 1880E. Glaister Needlework viii. 94 Another good style of pattern for tidies is to be found in the Cretan work..which..was brought to London three or four years ago. 1881C. C. Harrison Woman's Handiwork iii. 157 Cutting Cretan embroidery into strips. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 273/1 In the palace at Knossós..have been found a large number of clay tablets..inscribed with the indigenous Cretan character. 1915Edin. Rev. Jan. 127 Compare the Cretan and Dionysiac Oreibasiai or Mountain-Rites. 1952A. G. L. Hellyer Sanders' Encycl. Gardening (ed. 22) 97 Celsia..cretica, ‘Cretan Mullein’, yellow, 3 to 5 ft., Medit. Region. Ibid. 344 Origanum..Dictamnus, ‘Cretan Dittany’, pink, summer, 1 ft., Crete. Ibid. 502 Valeriana..Phu, ‘Cretan Spikenard’, white, Aug., 2 ft., Caucasus. 1955Times 6 Aug. 3/5 An important inscribed baked clay tablet..carries three lines of Cypro-Minoan script to which the date 1300 b.c. is attributed. It shows an affinity with the Cretan linear script found by Sir Arthur Evans at Knossos. |