crispe
Dictionary entries
- Entry →crispus, crispa, crispum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
curled/curly; trembling/vibrating; uneven/wrinkled/twisted; elegant (style);
voc. sg. (m.)
Examples
Liber X
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...amicis. Sed, sit ut hoc verum, quid, rogo, Crispe, facis? Mutua cum peterem sestertia quinque, negasti, Non caperet..."- M
Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...epigrammate incessitur: "et verba antiqui multum furate Catonis, Crispe, Iugurthinae conditor historiae". XXX. Odiosa cura: nam et cuilibet..."