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Crīmīsus (in MSS. and edd. also Crī-messus, Crīmissus, Crīnīsus, and Crīnissus), i, m., = Κριμῖσός (Κριμισσός), a river on the south-west coast of Sicily, Nep. Timol. 2, 4; Verg. A. 5, 38; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 57; Hyg. Fab. 273.

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. Achill. 2, 97: acus, a hair-pin, App. M. 8, p. 207, 4; 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.).

* crīnĭger, gĕri, m. adj. [crinis-gero], having long hair, Luc. 1, 458 dub. (al. cirrigeros, with long curls).

crĭnĭnus, a, um, adj., = κρίνινος, made of lilies, lily-: unguentum, Dig. 34, 2, 21; cf. crinon.

crīnĭo, no

  1. 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.,
  2. II. In part. perf.: crīnītus, a, um, covered with hair, hairy; esp., having long hair or locks, long-haired.
    1. 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.
    2. 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.

crīnis, is, m. (fem., Atta ap. Non. p. 202, 29; acc. to the latter also Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 69; and so in Ritschl) [kindr. with crista; cf. κόρυς, κορυφή], the hair.

  1. I. Prop. (class.; esp. freq. in the poets), Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 33, § 76; Caes. B. G. 1, 51; id. B. C. 3, 9; Liv. 1, 13, 1; 3, 7, 8 et saep.; Verg. A. 1, 480; Cat. 64, 391; Hor. C. 2, 5, 24; 2, 19, 20 et saep.: capere crines, i. e. to marry (since the matrons distinguished themselves from maidens by their hair-dress), Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 69; cf. id. Mil. 3, 1, 195; and Fest. p. 339, 23 Müll.
    Collectively, in sing., = crines, Hor. C. 1, 32, 12; 2, 12, 23 sq.
    1. B. Rarely a hair: uxor rufa crinibus septem, Mart. 12, 32, 4.
  2. II. Meton., of objects resembling hair; so,
    1. A. The tail of a comet, Verg. A. 5, 528; Ov. M. 15, 849; Plin. 2, 25, 22, §§ 89 and 90 al. (cf. crinitus, under crinio, II. B.); the rays of stars, Val. Fl. 2, 42; of the fire, id. 1, 205.
    2. B. The feelers of polypi: conchas (polypi) conplexu crinium frangunt, Plin. 9, 29, 46, § 86; of the cuttle-fish, Apic. 2, 1.
    3. C. The fibres of wood: crines ramentorum, Plin. 16, 42, 82, § 225.

Crīnīsus, i, m., v. Crimisus.

crīnītus, a, um, v. crinio, II.

crĭnon or crĭnum, i, n., = κρίνον,

  1. I. a lily, Plin. 21, 5, 11, § 24.
  2. II. An unguent, Dig. 34, 2, 21 (where others read crinina; v. crininus).‡ † crīŏbŏlĭum, ii, n., = κριοβόλιον, a ram as an offering, Inscr. Orell. 1899 sq.