decrepitus

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Latin

Etymology

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

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

  1. Of old men or old animals, very old

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
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

References

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