crinium
Dictionary entries
- Entry →crinis, crinis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
hair; lock of hair, tress, plait; plume (helmet); tail of a comet;
gen. pl.
Examples
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Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...pristini vultus vacuis luminibus intabuit, et per obstantium crinium inluviem tenuis arentium iactus oculorum. haeret adstricta nudatis ossibus..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...veneficiis Martinam subita morte Brundisii extinctam, venenumque nodo crinium eius occultatum nec ulla in corpore signa sumpti exitii..."
