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crispo , no
I.perf., ātum, 1, v. a. and n. id..
I. Act., to curl, crisp, crimp (poet. or in post-Aug. prose).
A. Prop.: “capillum,Plin. 29, 4, 26, § 82: feminae cincinnos, Maec. ap. Sen. Ep. 114, 5.—
B. Transf.
1. To make variegated, rough, uneven; to cover or plant with something, to strew over: “tellurem apio viridi,to border, Col. 10, 166: “mixtum aurum cono,Stat. Th. 8, 568: “alma novo crispans pelagus Tithonia Phoebo,Val. Fl. 1, 311; cf. Zumpt ad Rutil. 2, 13: “quādam rugatione crispari corpora,Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, 17.—
2. To put into a tremulous motion, to swing, brandish, wave (cf.: “vibro, quasso): bina manu lato crispans hastilia ferro,Verg. A. 1, 313; 12, 165 (cf.: δύο δοῦρε τινάσσων, Il. 12, 298): “non illis solitum crispare hastilia campo,Sil. 8, 374: “tergeminos jactus,App. M. 11, p. 258, 35: “buxum,Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 110: “clunes,Arn. 7, p. 239; cf. crispitudo.—Trop.: “cachinnum,Sedul. 1, 316.—
II. Neutr., only in part. pres. crispans.
A. Curled, uneven, wrinkled: “buxus,Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 70: “nasus,Pers. 3, 87.—
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 1.313
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 16.70
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 1.311
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 114.5
    • Persius, Saturae, 3
    • Statius, Thebias, 8
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