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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Caesar noun Gall. 1.1 omnia

Contents (4 senses)

I. Trans.
1. crispo, 1
2. torqueo, si, tum, 2 (poet.)
II. Intrans.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.

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I. Trans.
1. crispo, 1
2. torqueo, si, tum, 2 (poet.)
II. Intrans.

• curl (v.):

I. Trans.:

1. crispo, 1: to c. hair, capillum crispare, Plin. Also concrispo in same sense: Vitr.
2. torqueo, si, tum, 2 (poet.): to c. hair with irons, capillos ferro t., Ov.: v. to twist, coil. Phr.: to c. hair with curling-irons, calamistro crines convertere, Petr.; vibrare, Arnob.; ornare (strictly to dress it), Varr.

II. Intrans.: may often be expr. by adj.: as, his hair c.s naturally, *naturâ coma crispa est; a person whose hair c.s, homo crispus, cincinnatus, Pl.: v. curly. Or with pass. (reflect.) of crispo: cf. Plin. 29, 4, 26. Of waves, to curl over: *se crispare atque procumbere (?).