crispus

Latin > English

crispus crispa, crispum ADJ :: curled/curly; trembling/vibrating; uneven/wrinkled/twisted; elegant (style)

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

crispus: a, um, adj. kindred with crinis, crista; cf. cresco.
I 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.—*
   B Trop., of discourse, artistic, elaborate: crispum agmen orationis, Gell. 1, 4, 4; cf. crispulus, II.—
II Transf.
   A 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.—
   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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) crispus,¹⁴ a, um,
1 crépu, frisé : crispi cincinni Pl. Truc. 287, boucles de cheveux bien frisés ; homo crispus Pl. Rud. 125, un bonhomme frisé || [fig.] élégant : Gell. 1, 5, 4
2 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.

Latin > German (Georges)

(1) crīspus¹, 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.