cristam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →crista, cristae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
crest/comb (bird/beast); plume (helmet); plant yellow-rattle; clitoris (L+S);
acc. sg.
Examples
Satura XIII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...tela putant. pecudem spondere sacello balantem et Laribus cristam promittere galli non audent; quid enim sperare nocentibus aegris..."Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...cedunt conversaeque ruunt acies; fert impetus ipsum et cristam adverso curru quatit aura volantem. non tulit instantem Phegeus..."