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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkriː.soː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkriː.s̬o]

Verb

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

1. (vulgar) to grind (rhythmically move the haunches during sex)
   • 38 CE – 104 CE, Martial, Apophoreta 14.203:

     Tam tremulum crīsat, tam blandum prūrit, ut ipsum / Masturbātōrem fēcerit 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

   Conjugation of crīsō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	crīsō		crīsās		crīsat		crīsāmus		crīsātis		crīsant
	imperfect	crīsābam		crīsābās		crīsābat		crīsābāmus		crīsābātis		crīsābant
	future	crīsābō		crīsābis		crīsābit		crīsābimus		crīsābitis		crīsābunt
	perfect	crīsāvī		crīsāvistī		crīsāvit		crīsāvimus		crīsāvistis		crīsāvērunt, crīsāvēre
	pluperfect	crīsāveram		crīsāverās		crīsāverat		crīsāverāmus		crīsāverātis		crīsāverant
	future perfect	crīsāverō		crīsāveris		crīsāverit		crīsāverimus		crīsāveritis		crīsāverint
passive	present	crīsor		crīsāris, crīsāre		crīsātur		crīsāmur		crīsāminī		crīsantur
	imperfect	crīsābar		crīsābāris, crīsābāre		crīsābātur		crīsābāmur		crīsābāminī		crīsābantur
	future	crīsābor		crīsāberis, crīsābere		crīsābitur		crīsābimur		crīsābiminī		crīsābuntur
	perfect	crīsātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	crīsātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	crīsātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	crīsem		crīsēs		crīset		crīsēmus		crīsētis		crīsent
	imperfect	crīsārem		crīsārēs		crīsāret		crīsārēmus		crīsārētis		crīsārent
	perfect	crīsāverim		crīsāverīs		crīsāverit		crīsāverīmus		crīsāverītis		crīsāverint
	pluperfect	crīsāvissem		crīsāvissēs		crīsāvisset		crīsāvissēmus		crīsāvissētis		crīsāvissent
passive	present	crīser		crīsēris, crīsēre		crīsētur		crīsēmur		crīsēminī		crīsentur
	imperfect	crīsārer		crīsārēris, crīsārēre		crīsārētur		crīsārēmur		crīsārēminī		crīsārentur
	perfect	crīsātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	crīsātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		crīsā		—		—		crīsāte		—
	future	—		crīsātō		crīsātō		—		crīsātōte		crīsantō
passive	present	—		crīsāre		—		—		crīsāminī		—
	future	—		crīsātor		crīsātor		—		—		crīsantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		crīsāre			crīsārī			crīsāns			—
future		crīsātūrum esse			crīsātum īrī			crīsātūrus			crīsandus
perfect		crīsāvisse			crīsātum esse			—			crīsātus
future perfect		—			crīsātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		crīsātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		crīsandī		crīsandō		crīsandum		crīsandō		crīsātum		crīsātū

See also

• futuō
• cēveō
• pēdīcō
• irrumō

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.