crinis
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *kriznis, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Latin crista, crispus (“curly”) and Albanian krip.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkriː.nis/, [ˈkriːnɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkri.nis/, [ˈkriːnis]
Noun
crīnis m (genitive crīnis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | crīnis | crīnēs |
Genitive | crīnis | crīnium |
Dative | crīnī | crīnibus |
Accusative | crīnem | crīnēs crīnīs |
Ablative | crīne | crīnibus |
Vocative | crīnis | crīnēs |
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References
- “crinis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “crinis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- crinis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- crinis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to grow one's hair, beard long: promittere crinem, barbam
- with dishevelled hair: passis crinibus
- to grow one's hair, beard long: promittere crinem, barbam
- “crinis”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- “crinis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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- Latin masculine nouns in the third declension
- Latin masculine nouns
- Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook
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