crīnĭo, no perf., ītum, 4, v. a. [crinis],
I to provide or cover with hair; as verb. finit. rare, and only transf. of leaves of plants: frondibus crinitur arbos, Stat. S. 4, 5, 10; id. Th. 4, 217.—But freq.,
II In part. perf. : crīnītus , a, um, covered with hair, hairy; esp., having long hair or locks, long-haired.
A Lit.: Apollo, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 28, 89: lopas, Verg. A. 1, 740: male puella, Ov. A. A. 3, 243: turbae (sc. puerorum), Mart. 12, 49: colla equorum, Stat. Th. 6, 418 al.—
B Transf.: galea triplici jubā, Verg. A. 7, 785: stella, a hairy star, a comet , Suet. Caes. 88; id. Claud. 46 (cf. Cic. N. D. 2, 5, 14): concha, Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 103: arbusculae, id. 11, 37, 44, § 121.