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

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S&H Smith & Hall (2)
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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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• curl (v.):
    1. I. Trans.:
      1. 1. crispo, 1: to c. hair, capillum crispare, Plin. Also concrispo in same sense: Vitr.
      2. 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.
    2. 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 (?).
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• CURL
1. v. TR., torquere: convolvere: involvere [Vid: To TWIST]: crispare: concrispare (to make curly, in general): To curl one’s hair, calamistro intorquere or convertere: calamistro ornare: calamistro inurere; also inurere only (with a curling-iron; e.g., comam, crines, capillos). Curled hair, capillus crispus: curled locks, concrispati capilli (Vitrvius): curled (with an iron), calamistratus (also of one who has his hair curled in that way).
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  • INTR.,
  • To twist itself, curvari: se curvare: incurvari (to round itself, or assume a circular form, of things); also crispari; leniter inflecti; se crispare or concrispare: se vertere or vertere only; se convertere; converti; se torquere; se versare; circumagi; ferri; se convertere et torquere circum aliquid; ambire aliquid; versari, volvi, ferri circa aliquid [SYN. in To TWIST]: one whose hair curls naturally, cirratus: hair that curls naturally, cirrus (generally used in the plur.). Curling (of vapours), se concrispans (Vitrvius).
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  • s. cirrus (a natural curl): having natural curls, cirratus: cincinnus (an artificial curl); he who wears them (cincinnatus): annulus (a ringlet): the ends of curls, cincinnorum fimbriae.
  • Undulation, fluctus (a curling of the waves, as well as the wave itself).