verb transitive intransitive

crispo

2nd PP crispāre · 3rd PP crispātum · conj. 1st

perf., ātum, 1, v. a. and n. id..

perf., ātum, 1, v. a. and n. id..

Act., to curl, crisp, crimp poetic

Act., to curl, crisp, crimp (poet. or in post-Aug. prose).

Prop.: capillum, Plin. 29, 4, 26, § 82: feminae cincinnos, Maec. ap. Sen. Ep.… •

Prop.: capillum, Plin. 29, 4, 26, § 82: feminae cincinnos, Maec. ap. Sen. Ep. 114, 5.—

by extension

To make variegated, rough, uneven; to cover; plant with something, to strew over ••

To make variegated, rough, uneven; to cover or plant with something, to strew over: tellurem apio viridi, to border, Col. 10, 166: mixtum aurum cono, Stat. Th. 8, 568: alma novo crispans pelagus Tithonia Phoebo, Val. Fl. 1, 311; cf. Zumpt ad Rutil. 2, 13: quādam rugatione crispari corpora, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, 17.—

To put into a tremulous motion, to swing, brandish, wave figuratively ••

To put into a tremulous motion, to swing, brandish, wave (cf.: vibro, quasso): bina manu lato crispans hastilia ferro, Verg. A. 1, 313; 12, 165 (cf.: δύο δοῦρε τινάσσων, Il. 12, 298): non illis solitum crispare hastilia campo, Sil. 8, 374: tergeminos jactus, App. M. 11, p. 258, 35: buxum, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 110: clunes, Arn. 7, p. 239; cf. crispitudo.—Trop.: cachinnum, Sedul. 1, 316.—

Neutr

Neutr., only in part. pres. crispans.

Curled, uneven, wrinkled •

Curled, uneven, wrinkled: buxus, Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 70: nasus, Pers. 3, 87.—

Trembling •

Trembling: cum vibrat crispante aedificiorum crepitu (of an earthquake), Plin. 2, 82, 84, § 198.

Perseus ID: n11630 Key: crispo