criso

See also: criso-

Latin

Alternative forms

• crissō

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreyt-, *(s)ker- (“twist, turn, bend”). Cognates include German schreiten, English shrithe and Middle Irish crith, Breton skrija (“tremble with fear”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkriː.soː/, [ˈkriːs̠oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkri.so/, [ˈkriːs̬o]

Verb

crīsō (present infinitive crīsāre, perfect active crīsāvī, supine crīsātum); first conjugation

1. (vulgar) to grind (rhythmically move the haunches during sex)
   • Martial, Epigrammaton, 14:203:

     Tam tremulum crisat, tam blandum prurit, ut ipsum / Masturbatorem fecerit Hippolytum.

     So tremulously she shakes her behind, so alluringly she arouses, / that she would make Hippolytus himself a masturbator.

   • Juvenal, Satire VI, 322:

     [...] / ipsa Medullinae fluctum crisantis adorat: / [...]

     [...] then she in turn worships Medullina's undulating surges [...]

Usage notes

• Crīsō is a word for the female action during receptive vaginal sex, as opposed to cēveō for anal sex and futuō for the act of vaginal penetration (pēdīcō for anal penetration).

Conjugation

Conjugation of crīsō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	crīsō	crīsās	crīsat	crīsāmus	crīsātis	crīsant
	imperfect	crīsābam	crīsābās	crīsābat	crīsābāmus	crīsābātis	crīsābant
	future	crīsābō	crīsābis	crīsābit	crīsābimus	crīsābitis	crīsābunt
	perfect	crīsāvī	crīsāvistī	crīsāvit	crīsāvimus	crīsāvistis	crīsāvērunt, crīsāvēre
	pluperfect	crīsāveram	crīsāverās	crīsāverat	crīsāverāmus	crīsāverātis	crīsāverant
	future perfect	crīsāverō	crīsāveris	crīsāverit	crīsāverimus	crīsāveritis	crīsāverint
passive	present	crīsor	crīsāris, crīsāre	crīsātur	crīsāmur	crīsāminī	crīsantur
	imperfect	crīsābar	crīsābāris, crīsābāre	crīsābātur	crīsābāmur	crīsābāminī	crīsābantur
	future	crīsābor	crīsāberis, crīsābere	crīsābitur	crīsābimur	crīsābiminī	crīsābuntur
	perfect	crīsātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	crīsātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	crīsātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	crīsem	crīsēs	crīset	crīsēmus	crīsētis	crīsent
	imperfect	crīsārem	crīsārēs	crīsāret	crīsārēmus	crīsārētis	crīsārent
	perfect	crīsāverim	crīsāverīs	crīsāverit	crīsāverīmus	crīsāverītis	crīsāverint
	pluperfect	crīsāvissem	crīsāvissēs	crīsāvisset	crīsāvissēmus	crīsāvissētis	crīsāvissent
passive	present	crīser	crīsēris, crīsēre	crīsētur	crīsēmur	crīsēminī	crīsentur
	imperfect	crīsārer	crīsārēris, crīsārēre	crīsārētur	crīsārēmur	crīsārēminī	crīsārentur
	perfect	crīsātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	crīsātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	crīsā	—	—	crīsāte	—
	future	—	crīsātō	crīsātō	—	crīsātōte	crīsantō
passive	present	—	crīsāre	—	—	crīsāminī	—
	future	—	crīsātor	crīsātor	—	—	crīsantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		crīsāre	crīsāvisse	crīsātūrum esse	crīsārī	crīsātum esse	crīsātum īrī
participles		crīsāns	—	crīsātūrus	—	crīsātus	crīsandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		crīsandī	crīsandō	crīsandum	crīsandō	crīsātum	crīsātū

See also

• futuō
• cēveō
• pēdīcō
• irrumō

References

• “criso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “criso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• criso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.