crispus

See also: Crispus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with crīnis, crista.

Pronunciation

Adjective

crispus (feminine crispa, neuter crispum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. curly; crimped (of hair)
  2. tremulous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative crispus crispa crispum crispī crispae crispa
Genitive crispī crispae crispī crispōrum crispārum crispōrum
Dative crispō crispō crispīs
Accusative crispum crispam crispum crispōs crispās crispa
Ablative crispō crispā crispō crispīs
Vocative crispe crispa crispum crispī crispae crispa

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Albanian: kreshpë
  • Catalan: cresp
  • English: crisp, crêpe
  • French: crêpe
  • Galician: crecho, crespo
  • Italian: crespo
  • Portuguese: crespo
  • Sicilian: crispa
  • Spanish: crespo
  • Venetian: grespo

References
  • “crispus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “crispus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • crispus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “crispus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “crispus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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