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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin crepitus.

Noun

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crepitus (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) Grating, crackling or popping sounds and sensations experienced under the skin and joints.

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Latin

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Etymology

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From crepō (rattle, creak).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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crepitus m (genitive crepitūs); fourth declension

  1. rattling, creaking, rustling, clattering
    Crepitus digitorum.
    Snapping of the fingers.

Declension

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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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Descendants

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  • English: crepitus
  • Italian: crepito
  • Romanian: crăpăt
  • Spanish: crépito

References

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  • 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.