Crepereius

Latin

Etymology

creper (dusky, dark) +‎ -ēius.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Creperēius m sg (genitive Creperēiī or Creperēī); second declension

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    1. Crepereius Gallus, a friend of Agrippina

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Creperēius
genitive Creperēiī
Creperēī1
dative Creperēiō
accusative Creperēium
ablative Creperēiō
vocative Creperēī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

  • Crepereius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Crepereius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray