I. Originally of the hair, curled, crisped, crimped: “cincinni,” Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 32; cf. “coma,” Sil. 16, 120; and: “leo crispioribus jubis,” Plin. 8, 16, 18, § 46.—Of persons, having curled hair, curlyheaded, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 115; id. Rud. 1, 2, 37; Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 26.—*
B. Trop., of discourse, artistic, elaborate: “crispum agmen orationis,” Gell. 1, 4, 4; cf. crispulus, II.—
II. Transf.
A. Curled, uneven, waving, wrinkled: parietes abiete crispā, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19. 44: “brassica,” Cato, R. R. 157, 2: “crispae frondis apium,” Col. 11, 3, 33: “acer montanum crispius,” Plin. 16, 15, 26, § 67: “(marmor) Augusteum undatim crispum,” id. 36, 7, 11, § 55: “lactuca crispissimi folii,” Col. 11, 3, 26 et saep.—