Latin edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cristula f (genitive cristulae); first declension

  1. a small crest, tuft, or plume

Declension edit

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 edit

References edit

  • 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.