Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary (aka.
Elem. Lewis,) and
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin
Dictionary (aka. Lewis
& Short)
crīnītus adj. [crinis] , covered with hair, hairy, with flowing locks,
long - haired: Iopas, V.: draconibus ora, O.: galea triplici iubā, V. (From Elem. Lewis)
crīnītus , a, um, v. crinio, II. (From Lewis & Short)
crīnĭo , no
I. perf., ītum, 4, v. a. [crinis] , 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, 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 . (From Lewis
& Short)