crepitus
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English
Etymology
Noun
crepitus (uncountable)
- (medicine) Grating, crackling or popping sounds and sensations experienced under the skin and joints.
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Translations
grating, crackling or popping sounds
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Latin
Etymology
From crepō (“rattle, creak”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkre.pi.tus/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkre.pi.tus/,
Noun
crepitus m (genitive crepitūs); fourth declension
- rattling, creaking, rustling, clattering
- Crepitus digitorum.
- Snapping of the fingers.
- Crepitus digitorum.
Declension
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
- “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.