crispulus

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Ἰὸς πέφυκεν ἀσπίδος κακὴ γυνή → Ipsum venenum aspidis mulier mala → Das reinste Natterngift ist eine schlechte Frau

Menander, Monostichoi, 261

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

crispŭlus: a, um,
I adj. dim. [id.], curled, having curled hair, crisped, crimped (post-Aug.).
I Prop.: comatus et crispulus, Sen. Ep. 66, 25; cf. id. ib. 95, 24; Mart. 5, 61, 1.—*
II Trop., of discourse, elaborate, artificial, Fronto, Or. Ep. 3, p. 248.