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crispus , a, um, adj. kindred with crinis, crista; cf. cresco.
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.—
B. In tremulous motion, quivering, tremulous: linguae bisulcae jactu crispo fulgere, Pac. ap. Non. p. 506, 17; Verg. Copa, 2: “pecten (i. e. plectrum),” Juv. 6, 382: “aër subtili nebulā,” Pall. Aug. 8, 1.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Plautus, Rudens, 1.2
    • Plautus, Truculentus, 2.2
    • Plautus, Captivi, 3.4
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 36.55
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 8.46
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 16.67
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 3.19
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 1.4.4
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