crispes
Dictionary entries
- Entry →crispo, crispare, crispavi, crispatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
curl (hair); make/appear wavy; ripple; shake/brandish; tremble/quiver; wiggle;
sg. pres. act. subj. 2nd
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..."