Crus, cruris, n. g. The shanke: the legge from the knee to the ankle.Internodia crurum.Ouid.The space betweene the ioynts in the legges.Crura fine nodis. Cæsar. Volumina crutum. Virg. Curuata crura.Ouid. Dimidium crus. Iuuenal. Distorta crura. Horat. Crooked legges.Malum crus. Horat. Mollia crura.Virg. Perustus crura compede. Horat. Crura rigida.Cic. Rustica & hemilauta crura. Catul. Squalida crura. lunenal. Substricta. Ouid.Velocia.Ouid.Iactare crura. Lucret. To wagge the legges.Suffringere crura alicui.Cic. Crus arboris. Columel. The stocke or bodie beneath the boughes. Crus vitis. Colum. Idem.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
crūs, ūris, n. [etym. dub.; prob. kindr. with curro, currus; cf. celer, and -cello in recello, etc.], the leg, shank, shin.I. Prop., Cels. 8, 1 fin.: perque fabam repunt (grues) et mollia crura reponunt, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. G. 3, 76 (Ann. v. 545 Vahl.); imitated by Verg. G. 3, 76, and Sil. 16, 444; so Lucr. 3, 478; 3, 652; Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101; Caes. B. G. 6, 27; Plin. 10, 46, 63, 129; Quint. 11, 3, 139; Ov. M. 1, 306; 4, 580 et saep. The legs of criminals were frequently broken, as a punishment, Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 56 sq.; id. Phil. 13, 12, 27; Suet. Aug. 67; cf. crurifragius.—II.Transf.A. For pes, foot, Ov. M. 11, 74.—B. Of plants, the lower part of the stalk, Col. 3, 10, 2; 3, 18, 5; Pall. 1, 35, 6.
