decrepitus

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From dē- +‎ crepitus, perfect passive participle of crepō (“to rattle, to creak”), apparently meaning noiseless, applied to old people, who creep about like shadows.

Adjective edit

dēcrepitus (feminine dēcrepita, neuter dēcrepitum); first/second-declension adjective

Of old men or old animals, very old

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	dēcrepitus	dēcrepita	dēcrepitum	dēcrepitī	dēcrepitae	dēcrepita
Genitive	dēcrepitī	dēcrepitae	dēcrepitī	dēcrepitōrum	dēcrepitārum	dēcrepitōrum
Dative	dēcrepitō	dēcrepitae	dēcrepitō	dēcrepitīs
Accusative	dēcrepitum	dēcrepitam	dēcrepitum	dēcrepitōs	dēcrepitās	dēcrepita
Ablative	dēcrepitō	dēcrepitā	dēcrepitō	dēcrepitīs
Vocative	dēcrepite	dēcrepita	dēcrepitum	dēcrepitī	dēcrepitae	dēcrepita

Descendants edit

Catalan: decrèpit
French: décrépit
Galician: decrépito
Italian: decrepito
Portuguese: decrépito
Spanish: decrépito

References edit

“decrepitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“decrepitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
decrepitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“decrepit”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.