I.with curled hair, having locks or ringlets of hair (as an indication of luxurious effeminacy), Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 115: “moechus,” id. Mil. 3, 3, 49; id. Truc. 2, 7, 48: “consul,” Cic. Sest. 11, 26: “ganeo,” id. Red. in Sen. 5, 13; Cael. ap. Quint. 1, 5, 61.—
II. Transf., of comets: stellae, Schol. Juv 6, 207 (in Cic. N. D. 2, 5, 14, better crinitas).