Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Crinale

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

CRINA'LE. A large comb of convex form (curvum, Ovid. Met. v. 52.), made to fit the back of the head, where it was placed to keep the back hair close down to the head, as shown by the annexed engraving (Crinale/1.1), from a small bronze figure, representing one of the Sabine women in the arms of a Roman soldier. (Guasco, delle Ornatrici, p. 69.) It will be understood that the long ends of the hair have fallen from their place by the violence of the struggle in which the figures had been engaged; and it may be remarked, that the women of Rome and its neighbourhood still wear a comb of the same kind, which they call "lo spicciatojo."

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  Crinale/1.1