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..." - P
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..."