crepida

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κρηπίς (krēpís).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkre.pi.da/, [ˈkrɛpɪd̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkre.pi.da/, [ˈkrɛːpid̪ä]

Noun

crepida f (genitive crepidae); first declension

1. crepida, a particular style of Greek sandal
2. (inexact) Synonym of solea: sandal, sole

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	crepida	crepidae
Genitive	crepidae	crepidārum
Dative	crepidae	crepidīs
Accusative	crepidam	crepidās
Ablative	crepidā	crepidīs
Vocative	crepida	crepidae

Derived terms

• crepidula
• crepidārius
• crepidātus

 

Descendants

• → French: crépide

References

• “crepida”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “crepida”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• crepida in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• crepida in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “crepida”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “crepida”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin