crusta

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɹʌstə/ === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin crusta (“shell, crust, inlaid work”). Doublet of crust. ==== Noun ==== crusta (plural crustae) A crust or shell. A gem engraved, or a plate embossed in low relief, for inlaying a vase or other object. ===== Related terms ===== crusta lactea === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== crusta (plural crustas) A cocktail (typically of brandy, orange liqueur, bitters, and lemon juice and peel) distinguished by a sugared crust on the rim of the glass. === Anagrams === curats, turcas == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *krustos, from Proto-Indo-European *krustós (“hardened”), from *krews- (“to form a crust, begin to freeze”), related to Old Norse hroðr (“scurf”), Old English hruse (“earth”), Old High German hrosa (“crust, ice”), Latvian kruvesis (“frozen mud”), Ancient Greek κρύος (krúos, “frost, icy cold”), κρύσταλλος (krústallos, “crystal, ice”), Avestan 𐬑𐬭𐬎𐬰𐬛𐬭𐬀- (xruzdra-, “hard”), Sanskrit क्रुड् (kruḍ, “thicken, make hard”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkrʊs.ta] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkrus.ta] === Noun === crusta f (genitive crustae); first declension the hard surface of a body; rind, shell, crust, bark, scab plaster, mosaic or stucco work on a wall ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === Noun === crusta n nominative/accusative/vocative plural of crustum === References === === Further reading === “crusta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “crusta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "crusta", 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) “crusta”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “crusta”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “crusta”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “crŭsta”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 1371