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|lshtext=<b>crispus</b>: a, um, adj. [[kindred]] [[with]] [[crinis]], [[crista]]; cf. [[cresco]].<br /><b>I</b> Originally of the [[hair]], curled, crisped, crimped: cincinni, Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 32; cf. [[coma]], Sil. 16, 120; and: leo crispioribus jubis, Plin. 8, 16, 18, § 46.—Of persons, having curled [[hair]], curlyheaded, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 115; id. Rud. 1, 2, 37; Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 26.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., of [[discourse]], [[artistic]], [[elaborate]]: crispum [[agmen]] orationis, Gell. 1, 4, 4; cf. [[crispulus]], II.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Curled, [[uneven]], [[waving]], [[wrinkled]]: parietes abiete crispā, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19. 44: [[brassica]], [[Cato]], R. R. 157, 2: crispae frondis [[apium]], Col. 11, 3, 33: [[acer]] montanum crispius, Plin. 16, 15, 26, § 67: ([[marmor]]) Augusteum [[undatim]] crispum, id. 36, 7, 11, § 55: [[lactuca]] crispissimi folii, Col. 11, 3, 26 et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In [[tremulous]] [[motion]], [[quivering]], [[tremulous]]: linguae bisulcae jactu [[crispo]] fulgere, Pac. ap. Non. p. 506, 17; Verg. Copa, 2: [[pecten]] (i. e. [[plectrum]]), Juv. 6, 382: aër subtili nebulā, Pall. Aug. 8, 1.
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