Italian

Verb

crepo

1. first-person singular present indicative of crepare

Anagrams

• copre

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-, imitative of harsh sounds, whence also corvus ‎(“raven”) and cornix ‎(“crow”). Compare Middle Irish crú, Lithuanian šárka ‎(“magpie”), Serbo-Croatian svrȁka ‎(“magpie”), Ancient Greek κόραξ ‎(kórax).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkre.poː/

Verb

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

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

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References

• 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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “crepo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.