crepidatus

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Latin

Etymology

From crepida +‎ -ātus (-ate: forming adjectives), from Ancient Greek κρηπῐ́ς (krēpís), a kind of sandal considered emblematic of Greek culture.

Pronunciation

Adjective

crepidātus (feminine crepidāta, neuter crepidātum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. wearing or concerning crepidas
  2. (figurative) Greek, in Greek dress
    fabula crepidata
    a Greek story
    a show in Greek costume
  3. (inexact) wearing or concerning sandals, sandalled

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

  • crepidatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • crepidatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • crepidatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.