Explore Cratinus through 2 example sentences from English. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Cratinus in a sentence
Context around Cratinus
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cratinus
- In this selection, "cratinus" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, dramatist, hitting and labelled stand out and add context to how "cratinus" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include accidentally hitting cratinus a lyric and comic dramatist cratinus labelled him. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cratinus" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cratinus
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He is then envisioned hurling the turd at his attacker, missing and accidentally hitting Cratinus, a lyric poet not admired by Aristophanes. (22 words)
Barrett (1964) p.30 He appears to have modelled his approach to language on that of Euripides in particular, so much so that the comic dramatist Cratinus labelled him a 'Euripidaristophanist' addicted to hair-splitting niceties. (36 words)
Barrett (1964) p.30 He appears to have modelled his approach to language on that of Euripides in particular, so much so that the comic dramatist Cratinus labelled him a 'Euripidaristophanist' addicted to hair-splitting niceties. (36 words)
He is then envisioned hurling the turd at his attacker, missing and accidentally hitting Cratinus, a lyric poet not admired by Aristophanes. (22 words)
Example sentences (2)
Barrett (1964) p.30 He appears to have modelled his approach to language on that of Euripides in particular, so much so that the comic dramatist Cratinus labelled him a 'Euripidaristophanist' addicted to hair-splitting niceties.
He is then envisioned hurling the turd at his attacker, missing and accidentally hitting Cratinus, a lyric poet not admired by Aristophanes.