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crātĭcĭus or -tĭus, a, um, adj. [cratis], composed of wicker-work, wattled: parietes, lattice-work, Vitr. 2, 8 fin.; Dig. 17, 2, 15; Pall. 1, 19, 2.

crātĭcŭla, ae, f. dim. [cratis], prop., fine hurdle-work; hence, a small gridiron, Mart. 14, 221, 1; Cato, R. R. 13, 1; Petr. 31, 11; 70, 7.

‡ craticulum a Graeco κρατεῦται deducitur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 53, 11 Müll. [more prob. immediately from crates].

* crātĭcŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [cratis], composed of lattice-work, wattled: lucernae, Cato, R. R. 13, 1: aliter alii.

Crătīnus, i, m., = Κρατῖνος a celebrated Grecian comic poet of the old comedy, a contemporary of Eupolis and Aristophanes, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 1; id. S. 1, 4, 1; Pers. 1, 123; Quint. 10, 1, 65.

crātĭo, īre, v. a. [cratis], to harrow (rare): herbam, Plin. 18, 28, 67, § 258.

Crătippus, i, m., = Κράτιππος, a distinguished peripatetic philosopher at Athens, a teacher of Cicero’s son, Cic. Off. 1, 1, 1; 2, 2, 8; id. Div. 1, 3, 5; Cic. Fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 3.

crātis, is (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.

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen.
      1. 1. Sing. (rare): flexilis, Plin. 16, 40, 77, § 209; 10, 44, 61, § 126: juncea, id. 21, 14, 49, § 84; Juv. 11, 82.
      2. 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.
    2. B. Esp.
      1. 1. A harrow; sing., Plin. 18, 16, 43, § 145; 18, 20, 49, § 180; 18, 18, 48, § 173.
        Plur., Verg. G. 1, 94.
      2. 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. 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. 4. The ribs of a shield: umbonum, Verg. A. 7, 633; Curt. 10, 2, 23; Sil. 5, 522 sq.
      5. 5. = testudo, the interlocked shields of a rank of soldiers, Luc. 3, 485.
  2. 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.

crātĭtius, v. craticius.