crispus

See also: Crispus

Latin

Etymology

Probably from a Proto-Italic *krispos (“curly, crumpled, twisted”), with cognates in Welsh crych (“ripple, wrinkle”), Breton crec'h (“id”). The Italo-Celtic forms seem to trace back to a Proto-Indo-European *kris- (whence also crīnis (“hair of the head”), crista (“crest, plume”)), which has been tentatively linked further to Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkriːs.pus/, [ˈkriːs̠pʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkris.pus/, [ˈkrispus]

Adjective

crispus (feminine crispa, neuter crispum); first/second-declension adjective

1. curly; crimped (of hair)
2. tremulous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	crispus	crispa	crispum		crispī	crispae	crispa
genitive	crispī	crispae	crispī		crispōrum	crispārum	crispōrum
dative	crispō	crispae	crispō		crispīs
accusative	crispum	crispam	crispum		crispōs	crispās	crispa
ablative	crispō	crispā	crispō		crispīs
vocative	crispe	crispa	crispum		crispī	crispae	crispa

Derived terms

• succrispus, subcrispus

Related terms

• crispō

Descendants

• Albanian: kreshpë
• Catalan: cresp
• English: crisp, crêpe
• French: crêpe
• Galician: crecho, crespo
• Italian: crespo
• Portuguese: crespo
• Sicilian: crispa
• Asturian: crespu
• Spanish: crespo
• Venetan: grespo

References

• “crispus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “crispus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• crispus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “crispus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “crispus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray