crusta
Dictionary entries
- Entry →crusto, crustare, crustavi, crustatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
encrust/cover w/layer/coating/plaster; emboss/carve/decorate w/relief/embossing;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd - Entry →crusta, crustae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
rind/shell/peel/bark/crust, hard surface; scab; leaf/flake/thin slab (mineral);; cup holder, embossed work; inlay; plaster/stucco/mosaic work (L+S);
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →crustum, crusti:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
pastry, cake; anything baked (L+S);
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
- T
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...vias quoniam persaepe videmus siccari mollisque luti concrescere crustas. Praeterea docui multum quoque tollere nubes umorem magno conceptum..." - D
Satura V
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...bibebant Brutorum et Cassi natalibus. ipse capaces Heliadum crustas et inaequales berullo Virro tenet phialas: tibi non committitur..." - L
de Providentia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...culti; non est ista solida et sincera felicitas: crusta est et quidem tenuis. Itaque dum illis licet stare..." - M
IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...aurata laquearia nec radiantes marmore columnae nec graves crustae fecerint immemorem fragilitatis. multa saepe et locupletibus accidunt, saepe..." - P
Liber III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...lauit aequore currum. concrescunt subitae currenti in flumine crustae, undaque iam tergo ferratos sustinet orbis, puppibus illa prius..."
