crispo
See also: crispó
Latin
Etymology
From crispus (“curled, crimped”) + -ō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkriːs.poː/, [ˈkriːs̠poː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkris.po/, [ˈkrispo]
Verb
crīspō (present infinitive crīspāre, perfect active crīspāvī, supine crīspātum); first conjugation
- I curl, crimp.
- (figuratively) I make rough or variegated; strew or plant (with).
- (figuratively) I swing, brandish.
Conjugation
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Descendants
- Catalan: crespar, crispar
- French: crêper, crisper
- Galician: crispar
- Italian: crespare
- Portuguese: crispar
- Romanian: crispa
- Spanish: crespar, crispar
References
- “crispo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “crispo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- crispo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Spanish
Verb
crispo