criso

See also: criso-

Latin

Alternative forms

  • crissō

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreyt-, *(s)ker- (twist, turn, bend). Cognates include German schreiten, English shrithe and Middle Irish crith, Breton skrija (tremble with fear).

Pronunciation

Verb

crīsō (present infinitive crīsāre, perfect active crīsāvī, supine crīsātum); first conjugation

  1. (vulgar) to grind (rhythmically move the haunches during sex)
    • Martial, Epigrammaton, 14:203:
      Tam tremulum crisat, tam blandum prurit, ut ipsum / Masturbatorem fecerit Hippolytum.
      So tremulously she shakes her behind, so alluringly she arouses, / that she would make Hippolytus himself a masturbator.
    • Juvenal, Satire VI, 322:
      [...] / ipsa Medullinae fluctum crisantis adorat: / [...]
      [...] then she in turn worships Medullina's undulating surges [...]

Usage notes

  • Crīsō is a word for the female action during receptive vaginal sex, as opposed to cēveō for anal sex and futuō for the act of vaginal penetration (pēdīcō for anal penetration).

Conjugation

See also

References

  • criso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • criso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • criso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.