crinis

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kriznis, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Latin crista, crispus (“curly”) and Albanian krip.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkriː.nis/, [ˈkriːnɪs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkri.nis/, [ˈkriːnis]

Noun

crīnis m (genitive crīnis); third declension

hair of the head, lock of hair, plume
tail of a comet

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	crīnis	crīnēs
Genitive	crīnis	crīnium
Dative	crīnī	crīnibus
Accusative	crīnem	crīnēs crīnīs
Ablative	crīne	crīnibus
Vocative	crīnis	crīnēs

Synonyms

coma

Related terms

crīnālis
crīniger
crīniō

Descendants

Catalan: crin
French: crin
Galician: crina; ⇒ crecha ( < *crinicula)
Italian: crine
Norman: crîn
Portuguese: crina
Spanish: crin

References

“crinis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“crinis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
crinis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
crinis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to grow one's hair, beard long: promittere crinem, barbam
- with dishevelled hair: passis crinibus
“crinis”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
“crinis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin