Latin

Proper noun

Crista m (Cristae)

1. A Latin surname

References

• Crista in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Crista”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

English

Noun

crista ‎(plural cristae or cristæ)

1. The internal compartments formed by the inner membrane of a mitochondrion, where many chemical reactions take place.

Translations

Anagrams

• racist
• tsaric

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‎(“to turn, bend”). Cognate with crinis ‎(“hair”), crispus ‎(“curly”). Cognate with Albanian krip. Confer Ancient Greek κόρση ‎(kórsē, “temple (anatomy)”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkris.ta/, [ˈkrɪs.ta]

Noun

crista f ‎(genitive cristae); first declension

1. (of a helmet) the crest, the plume

   Crista galeae.

   The plume of a helmet.

   Galea decora comanti cristae.

   An helmet decorated with a plumed crest.

2. the comb or tuft on the head of animals (most frequently of a rooster or a cock)

   Illi surgunt cristae.

   He carries his head high.

   Crista galli.

   The comb of a rooster.

3. the tuft of leaves on plants

   Crista foliorum.

   The tuft of the leaves.

4. (anatomy) the clitoris

cristā

1. ablative singular of crista

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• cristula

Related terms

• cristātus

Descendants

See also

• lophos

References

• crista in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• crista in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• CRISTA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “crista”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• crista in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• crista in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese crista, cresta, from Latin crista.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾiʃ.tɐ/
• Hyphenation: cris‧ta

Noun

crista f (plural cristas)

1. crest
2. ridge

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crista. See also the doublet cresta.

Noun

crista f ‎(plural cristas)

1. crest (of a helmet)