cristatus
Latin
Etymology
From crista (“the comb or tuft on the head of animals; tuft of leaves on plants; crest of a helmet”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /krisˈtaː.tus/, [krɪs̠ˈt̪äːt̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /krisˈta.tus/, [krisˈt̪äːt̪us]
Adjective
cristātus (feminine cristāta, neuter cristātum); first/second-declension adjective
- That which has a tuft or crest—tufted, crested, plumed.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | cristātus | cristāta | cristātum | cristātī | cristātae | cristāta | |
| Genitive | cristātī | cristātae | cristātī | cristātōrum | cristātārum | cristātōrum | |
| Dative | cristātō | cristātō | cristātīs | ||||
| Accusative | cristātum | cristātam | cristātum | cristātōs | cristātās | cristāta | |
| Ablative | cristātō | cristātā | cristātō | cristātīs | |||
| Vocative | cristāte | cristāta | cristātum | cristātī | cristātae | cristāta | |
Related terms
- crista
- cristula
Descendants
- English: cristate
- Italian: crestato
References
- “cristatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cristatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cristatus 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)
- cristatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette