cristātus, a, um, adj. [crista], that has a tuft or crest, tufted, crested.
- I. Lit.: ales, Ov. F. 1, 455; cf.: cristati oris ales, id. M. 11, 597: aves, i. e. galli, Mart. 14, 223: draco, Ov. M. 4, 599; Plin. 8, 13, 13, § 35.
- II. Transf., crested, plumed: cassis pennis, Ov. M. 8, 25: galeae, Liv. 9, 40, 3: jubar, Stat. Th. 3, 223: Achilles, Verg. A. 1, 468.