cristatus

== Latin == === Etymology === From crista (“the comb or tuft on the head of animals; tuft of leaves on plants; crest of a helmet”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [krɪsˈtaː.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [krisˈtaː.tus] === Adjective === cristātus (feminine cristāta, neuter cristātum); first/second-declension adjective That has a tuft or crest—tufted, crested, plumed. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Related terms ==== crista cristula ==== Descendants ==== Italian: crestato → English: cristate === References === “cristatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “cristatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "cristatus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “cristatus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.