crispulus
ἄλογον δὴ τὸ μήτε μάχης ἄρξασθαι μήτε τοὺς φίλους φυλάξαι, ἐὰν ὑπό γε τῶν βαρβάρων ἀδικῆσθε → It is irrational neither to begin battle nor to guard the friends, if you are ever wronged by the foreigners
Latin > English
crispulus crispula, crispulum ADJ :: having short curly hair; crisped/crimped; artificial/affected/elaborate (style)
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
crispŭlus,¹⁵ a, um, dim. de crispus, frisotté : Sen. Ep. 66, 25 || [fig.] en parl. du style recherché : Fronto Orat. p. 159, 19.
Latin > German (Georges)
crīspulus, a, um (Demin. v. crispus), kraus, subst., der Krauskopf (Ggstz. cui rectior est coma), Sen. u.a. – übtr., v. der Rede, gekünstelt, Fronto de or. p. 159, 19 N. (vgl. crispus no. I, a).
Latin > Chinese
crispulus, a, um. adj. :: 畧皺者
