cristula

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive from crista (plume of a helmet; tuft of an animal or plant).

Pronunciation

Noun

cristula f (genitive cristulae); first declension

  1. a small crest, tuft, or plume

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cristula cristulae
genitive cristulae cristulārum
dative cristulae cristulīs
accusative cristulam cristulās
ablative cristulā cristulīs
vocative cristula cristulae

References

  • cristula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cristula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.