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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=crispus crispa, crispum ADJ :: curled/curly; trembling/vibrating; uneven/wrinkled/twisted; elegant (style)
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{{Lewis
|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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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) [[crispus]],¹⁴ a, um,<br /><b>1</b> crépu, frisé : crispi cincinni Pl. Truc. 287, boucles de cheveux bien frisés ; [[homo]] [[crispus]] Pl. Rud. 125, un bonhomme frisé &#124;&#124; [fig.] élégant : Gell. 1, 5, 4<br /><b>2</b> onduleux, tors : [[marmor]] [[undatim]] crispum Plin. 36, 55, marbre à veines ondées ; [[abies]] crispa Enn. d. Cic. Tusc. 3, 44, sapin tordu (gondolé) par le feu] &#124;&#124; vibrant : Juv. 6, 382 &#124;&#124; crispior Plin. 8, 46 ; -issimus Col. Rust. 11, 3, 26.||[fig.] élégant : Gell. 1, 5, 4<br /><b>2</b> onduleux, tors : [[marmor]] [[undatim]] crispum Plin. 36, 55, marbre à veines ondées ; [[abies]] crispa Enn. d. Cic. Tusc. 3, 44, sapin tordu (gondolé) par le feu]||vibrant : Juv. 6, 382||crispior Plin. 8, 46 ; -issimus Col. Rust. 11, 3, 26.
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{{Georges
|georg=(1) crīspus<sup>1</sup>, a, um, Adi. m. Compar. u. Superl. (vgl. crīnis aus *crisnis, [[crista]]), [[kraus]], I) in der [[Lage]]: a) v. [[Haar]], cincinni, Plaut.: [[coma]], Sil.: iubae crispiores, Plin. – v. Pers., krausköpfig, subst., der [[Krauskopf]], [[Komik]]. u. Petron. – übtr., v. der [[Rede]], gekünstelt, [[agmen]] orationis, Gell. 1, 4, 4; vgl. [[crispulus]]. – b) v. andern Ggstdn.: [[brassica]], [[Cato]]: [[folium]] crispius, Plin., crispissimum, Col.: parietes abiete crispā, Enn. – v. [[Holz]], [[maserig]],[[materies]], Plin.: [[acer]] [[non]] crispum, Plin.: [[crispo]] macularum discursu, Plin. – II) in der [[Bewegung]], [[sich]] kräuselnd, [[wellenförmig]] erzitternd, [[iactus]], Pacuv. fr.: [[latus]] crispum movere, die S. [[zierlich]] [[bewegen]], Ps. Verg. cop. 2: [[crispo]] pectine numerantur chordae, Iuven.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=crispus, a, um. ''adj''. ''c''. ''s''. :: [[皺紋者]]
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