crepo

See also: crepò

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

crepo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of crepar (to backcomb)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

crepo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of crepar (to rage)

Italian

Verb

crepo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of crepare

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Imitative of harsh sounds with unidentifiable ultimate derivation (de Vaan gives the reconstructed root as Proto-Indo-European *ḱrep- (to rattle, crackle)); compare Hittite [script needed] (karpi-, anger), Sanskrit कृपते (kṛpate, to wean, mourn),[1] Proto-Slavic *kričati (to scream), Proto-Germanic *krītaną (idem), and Latin strepō (to rattle) for the ending.

Pronunciation

Verb

crepō (present infinitive crepāre, perfect active crepuī, supine crepitum); first conjugation, no passive

  1. to rattle, rustle, clatter
  2. to crack, creak
  3. (figuratively) to prattle, talk noisily
  4. to boast

Conjugation

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Descendants

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “crepō, -āre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 143

Further reading

  • crepo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • crepo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • crepo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “crepo”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, pages 149b–150a

Spanish

Verb

crepo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of crepar