"crista" meaning in Latin

See crista in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkris.ta/ [Classical], [ˈkrɪs̠t̪ä] [Classical], /ˈkris.ta/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈkrist̪ä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with crinis (“hair”), crispus (“curly”). Compare Ancient Greek κόρση (kórsē, “temple (anatomy)”). Etymology templates: {{der|la|ine-pro|*(s)ker-||to turn, bend}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”), {{m|la|crinis||hair}} crinis (“hair”), {{m|la|crispus||curly}} crispus (“curly”), {{cog|grc|κόρση||temple (anatomy)}} Ancient Greek κόρση (kórsē, “temple (anatomy)”) Head templates: {{la-noun|crista<1>}} crista f (genitive cristae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|crista<1>}} Forms: cristae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], crista [nominative, singular], cristae [nominative, plural], cristae [genitive, singular], cristārum [genitive, plural], cristae [dative, singular], cristīs [dative, plural], cristam [accusative, singular], cristās [accusative, plural], cristā [ablative, singular], cristīs [ablative, plural], crista [singular, vocative], cristae [plural, vocative]
  1. (of a helmet) the crest, the plume Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-crista-la-noun-RPm3~Wsb Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 26 18 24 31
  2. the comb or tuft on the head of animals (most frequently of a rooster or a cock) Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-crista-la-noun-nbRbzNW2 Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 26 18 24 31
  3. the tuft of leaves on plants Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-crista-la-noun-KmTmmg7Y Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 7 25 54 13 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 26 18 24 31
  4. (anatomy) the clitoris Tags: declension-1, feminine Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-crista-la-noun-dJljwOm8 Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 26 18 24 31 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cristula Related terms: cristātus, lophos

Inflected forms

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      "word": "cristula"
    }
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Eastern Romance:"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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            "1": "rup",
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Aromanian: creastã"
    },
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      "text": "Romanian: creastă"
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          },
          "expansion": "Italian: cresta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        }
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      "text": "→ Old English: cræsta"
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      "depth": 1,
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          },
          "expansion": "Old French: creste",
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      "text": "Old French: creste"
    },
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        }
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    },
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        }
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: creest, crest"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "pro",
            "2": "-"
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          "expansion": "Old Occitan:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Old Occitan:"
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            "2": "cresta"
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          "expansion": "Catalan: cresta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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    },
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            "2": "cresta"
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          "expansion": "Occitan: cresta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: cresta"
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          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: crista, cresta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: crista, cresta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
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          },
          "expansion": "Galician: crista",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: crista"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
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          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "crista"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: crista",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Old Spanish:"
    },
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            "1": "es",
            "2": "cresta"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: cresta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: cresta"
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Rhaeto-Romance:"
    },
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            "1": "fur",
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          "expansion": "Friulian: creste",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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    },
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      "depth": 2,
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            "1": "rm",
            "2": "cresta"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: cresta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: cresta"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "1": "scn",
            "2": "crista"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: crista",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: crista"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "gresta"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetian: gresta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetian: gresta"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Albanian: kreshtë",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Albanian: kreshtë"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "crista",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: crista",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ English: crista"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: crista",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: crista"
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        "4": "curly"
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      "name": "m"
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    {
      "form": "cristae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "crista",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cristae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cristae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cristārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cristae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cristīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cristam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cristās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cristā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cristīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crista",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cristae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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      },
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    }
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        "1": "crista<1>"
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cristātus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lophos"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "26 18 24 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The plume of a helmet.",
          "text": "Crista galeae.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "An helmet decorated with a plumed crest.",
          "text": "Galea decora comanti cristae.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the crest, the plume"
      ],
      "id": "en-crista-la-noun-RPm3~Wsb",
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          "crest",
          "crest"
        ],
        [
          "plume",
          "plume"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a helmet) the crest, the plume"
      ],
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        "of a helmet"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "26 18 24 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He carries his head high.",
          "text": "Illi surgunt cristae.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The comb of a rooster.",
          "text": "Crista galli.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the comb or tuft on the head of animals (most frequently of a rooster or a cock)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "comb",
          "comb"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 25 54 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 18 24 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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        {
          "english": "The tuft of the leaves.",
          "text": "Crista foliorum.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "the tuft of leaves on plants"
      ],
      "id": "en-crista-la-noun-KmTmmg7Y",
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          "tuft",
          "tuft"
        ]
      ],
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        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "la:Anatomy",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 18 24 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the clitoris"
      ],
      "id": "en-crista-la-noun-dJljwOm8",
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
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          "clitoris",
          "clitoris"
        ]
      ],
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        "(anatomy) the clitoris"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ],
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        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkris.ta/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkrɪs̠t̪ä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkris.ta/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkrist̪ä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "en:Latin profanity#Synonyms and metaphors"
  ],
  "word": "crista"
}
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    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Latin first declension nouns",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "cristula"
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Eastern Romance:"
    },
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            "1": "rup",
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aromanian: creastã"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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            "2": "creastă"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: creastă",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: creastă"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "cresta"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: cresta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: cresta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Old English: cræsta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old English: cræsta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "creste"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: creste"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "crête"
          },
          "expansion": "French: crête",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: crête"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wa",
            "2": "cresse"
          },
          "expansion": "Walloon: cresse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Walloon: cresse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "creste",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle English: creste",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle English: creste"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "crest"
          },
          "expansion": "English: crest",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: crest"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "creest",
            "3": "crest"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: creest, crest",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: creest, crest"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Occitan:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Occitan:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "cresta"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: cresta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: cresta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "cresta"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: cresta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: cresta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "crista",
            "3": "cresta"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: crista, cresta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: crista, cresta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "crista"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: crista",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: crista"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "crista"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: crista",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: crista"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "cresta"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: cresta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: cresta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Rhaeto-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "creste"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: creste",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: creste"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "cresta"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: cresta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: cresta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "crista"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: crista",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: crista"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "gresta"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetian: gresta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetian: gresta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "kreshtë",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Albanian: kreshtë",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Albanian: kreshtë"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "crista",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: crista",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: crista"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "crista",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: crista",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: crista"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)ker-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to turn, bend"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "crinis",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hair"
      },
      "expansion": "crinis (“hair”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "crispus",
        "3": "",
        "4": "curly"
      },
      "expansion": "crispus (“curly”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "κόρση",
        "3": "",
        "4": "temple (anatomy)"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek κόρση (kórsē, “temple (anatomy)”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with crinis (“hair”), crispus (“curly”). Compare Ancient Greek κόρση (kórsē, “temple (anatomy)”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cristae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crista",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cristae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cristae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cristārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cristae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cristīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cristam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cristās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cristā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cristīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crista",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cristae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "crista<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "crista f (genitive cristae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "crista<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "cristātus"
    },
    {
      "word": "lophos"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The plume of a helmet.",
          "text": "Crista galeae.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "An helmet decorated with a plumed crest.",
          "text": "Galea decora comanti cristae.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the crest, the plume"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "crest",
          "crest"
        ],
        [
          "plume",
          "plume"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a helmet) the crest, the plume"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a helmet"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He carries his head high.",
          "text": "Illi surgunt cristae.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The comb of a rooster.",
          "text": "Crista galli.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the comb or tuft on the head of animals (most frequently of a rooster or a cock)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "comb",
          "comb"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The tuft of the leaves.",
          "text": "Crista foliorum.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the tuft of leaves on plants"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tuft",
          "tuft"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "la:Anatomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the clitoris"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "clitoris",
          "clitoris"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) the clitoris"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkris.ta/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkrɪs̠t̪ä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkris.ta/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkrist̪ä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "en:Latin profanity#Synonyms and metaphors"
  ],
  "word": "crista"
}

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