cristatus

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Latin

Etymology

From crista (“the comb or tuft on the head of animals; tuft of leaves on plants; crest of a helmet”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

cristātus (feminine cristāta, neuter cristātum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. That which has a tuft or crest—tufted, crested, plumed.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative cristātus cristāta cristātum cristātī cristātae cristāta
Genitive cristātī cristātae cristātī cristātōrum cristātārum cristātōrum
Dative cristātō cristātō cristātīs
Accusative cristātum cristātam cristātum cristātōs cristātās cristāta
Ablative cristātō cristātā cristātō cristātīs
Vocative cristāte cristāta cristātum cristātī cristātae cristāta

Descendants

  • English: cristate
  • Italian: crestato

References

  • “cristatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “cristatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cristatus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • cristatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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