Noun: crista
Hyphenation:
Gender: Feminine
Declension: First
Nominative
| Singular | crista |
| Plural | cristae |
Genitive
| Singular | cristae |
| Plural | cristārum |
Dative
| Singular | cristae |
| Plural | cristīs |
Accusative
| Singular | cristam |
| Plural | cristās |
Ablative
| Singular | cristā |
| Plural | cristīs |
Vocative
| Singular | crista |
| Plural | cristae |
Sample Sentences
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Crista galeae. (The plume of a helmet.)
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Galea decora comanti cristae. (An helmet decorated with a plumed crest.)
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Illi surgunt cristae. (He carries his head high.)
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Crista galli. (The comb of a rooster.)
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Crista foliorum. (The tuft of the leaves.)
Nouns inflected like crista
scōria,
meschīta,
sewera,
zōnula,
ecclēsia,
concurrentia,
satira,
satura,
satyra,
sagīna,
sagēna,
sarīsa,
salīva,
salīna,
sampsa,
samara,
sacēna,
salvia,
sabīna,
sculna, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with crinis (“hair”), crispus (“curly”). Compare Ancient Greek κόρση (kórsē, “temple (anatomy)”). See: Ancient Greek Nouns '
κόρση'.
Verbs referencing "crista"
English Nouns
crest, Catalan Nouns
cresta, Italian Nouns
cresta, Latin Nouns
crinis, English Nouns
crista, Galician Nouns
crista, Portuguese Nouns
crista, Spanish Nouns
crista, French Nouns
crête, Romanian Nouns
creastă, Old English Nouns
cræsta.
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