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Latin
Etymology
Probably from a Proto-Italic *krispos (“curly, crumpled, twisted”), with cognates in Welsh crych (“ripple, wrinkle”), Breton crec'h (“id”). The Italo-Celtic forms seem to trace back to a Proto-Indo-European *kris- (whence also crīnis (“hair of the head”), crista (“crest, plume”)),[1] which has been tentatively linked further to Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
crispus (feminine crispa, neuter crispum); first/second-declension adjective
- curly; crimped (of hair)
- tremulous
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
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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
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “crispus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 145