Lewis & Short

Parsing inflected forms may not always work as expected. If the following does not give the correct word, try Latin Words or Perseus.

cirrus, i, m. (used mostly in plur.),

  1. I. a (natural) lock, curl, ringlet, or tuft of hair (rare): cirri, Varr. ap. Non. p. 94, 21; Mart. 10, 83.
    Sing.: cirrus, Juv. 13, 165.
    Also, the hair on the forehead of a horse, Veg. 2, 28, 34; 6, 2, 1.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. A tuft of feathers or crest of birds, Plin. 11, 37, 44, § 122.
    2. B. The arms of polypi, Plin. 9, 28, 44, § 83; 25, 7, 33, § 70; 26, 8, 37, § 58.
    3. C. Filaments of plants similar to tufts of hair, Plin. 26, 7, 20, § 36; 27, 4, 9, § 25.
    4. D. A fringe upon a tunic, Phaedr. 2, 5, 13; cf. cirratus, II.