cribri

Enter a Latin word or short phrase below, and look it up in Whitaker's Words:

Please only look up longer words.

cribr.i              N      2 2 GEN S N                 
cribr.i              N      2 2 LOC S N                 
cribrum, cribri  N (2nd) N   [XXXDX]    lesser
sieve; riddle (L+S); [in ~ gerere => carry in a sieve/perform useless task];