(adjective) : crispus, a, um, kindred with crinis, crista; cf. cresco.
* Originally of the hair, curled, crisped, crimped: cincinni,Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 32; cf. coma,Sil. 16, 120; and: leo crispioribus jubis,Plin. 8, 16, 18, § 46.—Of persons, having curled hair, curlyheaded, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 115; id. Rud. 1, 2, 37; Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 26.—*
* Trop., of discourse, artistic, elaborate: crispum agmen orationis,Gell. 1, 4, 4; cf. crispulus, II.
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* Curled, uneven, waving, wrinkled: parietes abiete crispā, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19. 44: brassica,Cato, R. R. 157, 2: crispae frondis apium,Col. 11, 3, 33: acer montanum crispius,Plin. 16, 15, 26, § 67: (marmor) Augusteum undatim crispum,id. 36, 7, 11, § 55: lactuca crispissimi folii,Col. 11, 3, 26 et saep.
* In tremulous motion, quivering, tremulous: linguae bisulcae jactu crispo fulgere, Pac. ap. Non. p. 506, 17; Verg. Copa, 2: pecten (i. e. plectrum),Juv. 6, 382: aër subtili nebulā,Pall. Aug. 8, 1.

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