English

Noun

crusta ‎(plural crustae)

1. A crust or shell.
2. A gem engraved, or a plate embossed in low relief, for inlaying a vase or other object.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *krus-to- ‎(“that which has been hardened”), from *kreus- ‎(“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 [script needed] ‎(xruzdra-, “hard”), Sanskrit क्रुड् ‎(kruḍ, “thicken, make hard”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkrus.ta/, [ˈkrʊs.ta]

Noun

crusta f ‎(genitive crustae); first declension

1. The hard surface of a body; rind, shell, crust, bark, scab.
2. Plaster, mosaic or stucco work on a wall.

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

Noun

crusta n

1. inflection of crustum:
   1. nominative plural
   2. accusative plural
   3. vocative plural

References

• 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’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “crusta”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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