crinis, crinis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension · variant: 3rd
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
hair; lock of hair, tress, plait; plume (helmet); tail of a comet;
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | crinis | crines |
| Gen. | crinis | crinium, crinum |
| Dat. | crini | crinibus |
| Acc. | crinem, crinim | crines |
| Voc. | crinis | crines |
| Abl. | crine, crini | crinibus |
Examples
Liber V
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Ptolemaee, pudor crimenque deorum,cingere Pellaeo pressos diademate crinis 60permissum. saeuum in populos puer accipis ensem,atque utinam..."Liber VIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...uiuere digne rosa, si sapis, Assyrio semper tibi crinis amomo splendeat et cingant florea serta caput; candida nigrescant..."Liber V
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...aestiuas, Alcime, solue niues; pinguescat nimio madidus mihi crinis amomo lassenturque rosis tempora sutilibus. Tam uicina iubent..."Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...alteri in uicem, operam dabat. coniugum quidem manu crinis ille, quem effundere olim mos uiris fuit, attrectabatur..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...Aethiopis inter suos insignitus color, nec rufus crinis et coactus in nodum apud Germanos uirum dedecet: nihil..."Thyestes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...prohibet, prohibet uernae capiti fluxere rosae, pingui madidus crinis amomo inter subitos stetit horrores, imber uultu nolente cadit..."Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...pati. Nos turpis macies et lacrimae tenent et crinis patrio puluere sordidus. nos non flamma rapax, non fragor..."Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...ornatam adducas, ex matronarum modo, capite compto, crinis vittasque habeat, adsimuletque se tuam esse uxorem: ita praecipiundum..."