crinalis

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

crīnālis, e, adj. [crinis],

of or pertaining to the hair, hair- (poet., or in post-Aug. prose): vitta, Verg. A. 7, 403; Ov. M. 4, 6; 5, 617: aurum, Verg. A. 11, 576; Stat. Ach. 2, 97: acus, a hair-pin , Ap. Met. 8, 13, 2; for which subst.: crīnāle , is, n., Ov. M. 5, 53: dentes, i. e. of a hair-comb , Claud. B. Gild. 137: corpore polypus, i. e. furnished with hair-like feelers , Ov. Hal. 30; cf. Plin. 9, 29, 46, § 86 (s. v. crinis, II. B.).

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