crinalem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →crinalis, crinalis, crinale:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
worn in the hair; covered with hair-like filaments; of/pertaining to hair (L+S);
acc. sg. (m./f.)
Examples
Liber Undecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...inmurmurat absens nomen et (Elysiis signum indubitabile regnis) crinalem attollit longo stridore cerasten: caeruleae dux ille comae..."- P
Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...tempora taedae institerant, unusque dies restabat. at illa crinalem capiti vittam nataeque sibique detrahit, et passis aram complexa..."