I.perf., ītum, 4, v. a. crinis, to provide or cover with hair; as verb. finit. rare, and only transf. of leaves of plants: “frondibus crinitur arbos,” Stat. S. 4, 5, 10; id. Th. 4, 217.—But freq.,
II. In part. perf.: crīnītus , a, um, covered with hair, hairy; esp., having long hair or locks, long-haired.
A. Lit.: Apollo, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89: “lopas,” Verg. A. 1, 740: “male puella,” Ov. A. A. 3, 243: “turbae (sc. puerorum),” Mart. 12, 49: “colla equorum,” Stat. Th. 6, 418 al.—
B. Transf.: “galea triplici jubā,” Verg. A. 7, 785: “stella,” a hairy star, a comet, Suet. Caes. 88; id. Claud. 46 (cf. Cic. N. D. 2, 5, 14): “concha,” Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 103: “arbusculae,” id. 11, 37, 44, § 121.
