crepitus
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
crepitus (uncountable)
- (medicine) Grating, crackling or popping sounds and sensations experienced under the skin and joints.
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grating, crackling or popping sounds
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
From crepō (“rattle, creak”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkre.pi.tus/, [ˈkrɛpɪt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkre.pi.tus/, [ˈkrɛːpit̪us]
Noun edit
crepitus m (genitive crepitūs); fourth declension
- rattling, creaking, rustling, clattering
- Crepitus digitorum.
- Snapping of the fingers.
- Crepitus digitorum.
Declension edit
Fourth-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | crepitus | crepitūs |
Genitive | crepitūs | crepituum |
Dative | crepituī | crepitibus |
Accusative | crepitum | crepitūs |
Ablative | crepitū | crepitibus |
Vocative | crepitus | crepitūs |
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References edit
- “crepitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “crepitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- crepitus 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)
- crepitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.