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crispus

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Latin

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Etymology

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Probably from a Proto-Italic *krispos (curly, crumpled, twisted), with cognates in Welsh crych (ripple, wrinkle), Breton crec'h (id). The Italo-Celtic forms seem to trace back to a Proto-Indo-European *kris- (whence also crīnis (hair of the head), crista (crest, plume)),[1] which has been tentatively linked further to Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (to turn, bend).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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crispus (feminine crispa, neuter crispum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. curly; crimped (of hair)
  2. tremulous

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative crispus crispa crispum crispī crispae crispa
genitive crispī crispae crispī crispōrum crispārum crispōrum
dative crispō crispae crispō crispīs
accusative crispum crispam crispum crispōs crispās crispa
ablative crispō crispā crispō crispīs
vocative crispe crispa crispum crispī crispae crispa

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • crispus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • crispus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • crispus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • crispus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • crispus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “crispus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 145