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..."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..."