cristula

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkris.tu.la/, [ˈkrɪs̠t̪ʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkris.tu.la/, [ˈkrist̪ulä]

Noun

cristula f (genitive cristulae); first declension

1. a small crest, tuft, or plume

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cristula	cristulae
Genitive	cristulae	cristulārum
Dative	cristulae	cristulīs
Accusative	cristulam	cristulās
Ablative	cristulā	cristulīs
Vocative	cristula	cristulae

Related terms

• crista
• cristātus

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.