English → Latin
“crimp” in Latin
cōgōto collect, assemble, gather together; to restrict or confine in space; to force, compel, urge, encourage, finagleexercitusexercise; trouble, affliction; an exercised, disciplined body of men, an armyscrībōto writehomō̆human, person, man; male human being, man; term of address to male peers, especially by another man: man, fellow, mate,
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
crimp s.
(= one who decoys and catches up recruits)(= one who decoys and catches up recruits), *qui milites in supplementum (exercitus) scribit, cogit (general term for recruiting officer); *qui (homines) ad militiam illicit or inescat illicitque.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for crimp?
- The usual Latin words for “crimp” are cōgō, exercitus, scrībō; also homō̆. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.