crinis

Latin > English

crinis crinis N M :: hair; lock of hair, tress, plait; plume (helmet); tail of a comet

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

crīnis: is, m. (
I fem., Atta ap. Non. p. 202, 29; acc. to the latter also Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 69; and so in Ritschl) [kindr. with crista; cf. κόρυς, κορυφή], the hair.
I Prop. (class.; esp. freq. in the poets), Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 33, § 76; Caes. B. G. 1, 51; id. B. C. 3, 9; Liv. 1, 13, 1; 3, 7, 8 et saep.; Verg. A. 1, 480; Cat. 64, 391; Hor. C. 2, 5, 24; 2, 19, 20 et saep.: capere crines, i. e. to marry (since the matrons distinguished themselves from maidens by their hair-dress), Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 69; cf. id. Mil. 3, 1, 195; and Fest. p. 339, 23 Müll.—Collectively, in sing., = crines, Hor. C. 1, 32, 12; 2, 12, 23 sq.—
   B Rarely a hair: uxor rufa crinibus septem, Mart. 12, 32, 4.—
II Meton., of objects resembling hair; so,
   A The tail of a comet, Verg. A. 5, 528; Ov. M. 15, 849; Plin. 2, 25, 22, §§ 89 and 90 al. (cf. crinitus, under crinio, II. B.); the rays of stars, Val. Fl. 2, 42; of the fire, id. 1, 205.—
   B The feelers of polypi: conchas (polypi) conplexu crinium frangunt, Plin. 9, 29, 46, § 86; of the cuttle-fish, Apic. 2, 1.—
   C The fibres of wood: crines ramentorum, Plin. 16, 42, 82, § 225.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

crīnĭs,⁹ is m.,
1 cheveu, chevelure : septem crines Mart. 12, 32, 4, sept cheveux ; crinis sparsus Ov. M. 1, 542, chevelure éparse || pl., Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 76 ; Cæs. C. 3, 9 ; Liv. 1, 13, 1 ; trahere aliquem crinibus Virg. En. 2, 404, traîner qqn par les cheveux || [en part.] tresses, nattes [coiffure d’une matrone] : Pl. Mil. 792 ; Most. 226 ; Varro L. 7, 44 ; Fest. 339 ; 355
2 [fig.] [en parl. d’objets qui ressemblent aux cheveux] : crinis polyporum Plin. 9, 86, bras des polypes || chevelure des comètes : Virg. En. 5, 528 || rayons, rais de lumière : Val. Flacc. 1, 205. f. d. Pl. Most. 226 ; Atta d. Non. 202, 29.

Latin > German (Georges)

crīnis, is, m. (aus *crisnis, vgl. crispus, crista), der Haarwuchs, das Haar (als Bedeckung der menschlichen Haut), bes. das Haupthaar (Ggstz. barba), I) eig.: a) gew., Sing. u. Plur., kollektiv, cr. canus, Ov., crines cani, Catull.: crines passi, aufgelöstes Haar (bes. Leidtragender u. Flehender), Liv.: crines resoluti, Liv., soluti, Tibull.: crines sparsi, zerstreutes Haar (bes. Verzweifelnder, Rasender), Liv.: crines abscīdere, Tac.: promittere crinem barbamque, Tac.: crines convertere calamistro, Petron.: crinibus templa verrere, Liv.: crinibus passis aras verrere, Liv.: haec civitas mulieri in redimiculum praebeat, haec in crines (für den Haarputz), Cic. Verr. 3, 76. – apponere alienos crines (Perücke), Firm. – b) Plur. crines, Haarflechten, Plaut. mil. 792: seni crines, Fest. 339 (a), 23: crines capere, sich H. zulegen = sich verheiraten, Plaut. most. 226. Vgl. Lorenz Exc. zu Plaut. most. p. 229 sq. – c) das einzelne Haar, uxor rufa crinibus septem, Mart. 12, 32, 4. – II) übtr., v. »Schweife« der Kometen, Verg. (u.a. Dichter) u. Plin. – v. den »Strahlen« des Feuers, Val. Flacc. 1, 205. Augustin. serm. 234, 3. – v. den »Fangarmen« der Polypen, Plin. 9, 86. – / crinis Femin., Plaut. most. 226. Atta epigr. fr. bei Non. 202, 29. Vgl. Prisc. 5, 42.

Latin > Chinese

crinis, is. m. :: 髮。髪繩。 Crines arborum 樹葉。 Crines piscium 魚鱗。