crepito Latin · revision 32876

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *ḱrep-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈkrɛ.pɪ.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈkrɛː.pi.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''crepitō''' (present infinitive crepitāre, perfect active crepitāvī, supine crepitātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|crepō|-itō|t1=to rattle, crack]], a frequentative.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|crepō]] to [[itc-pro|*krepa-]] and [[ine-pro|*ḱrep-|t=to rattle, crackle]].^(de Vaan 2008) He compares [[sa|कृपते|tr=kṛpate|t=to wean, mourn]] and [[hit|karp-|t=to be angry]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Livius Andronicus; the TLL marks that attestation as doubtful and next cites Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008)^(TLL) Lewis & Short's first example is Plautus, of teeth chattering.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to make a quick run of sharp noises: to rattle, rustle, clatter or chatter, and of flames or burning things to crackle.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lucretius also has the chattering of teeth, and Ovid a bird's thin beak and pebbles rattled by a wave.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short call it poetic or post-Augustan prose.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Ancient glosses explain it as making a sound or resounding.^(TLL) Church Latin glosses it to crack, crackle, crash.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of chattering teeth.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid of a bird's beak and of pebbles in a wave.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To make a quick succession of sharp noises: to [[m|en|rattle]], rustle, [[m|en|clatter]], chatter; of flames, to [[m|en|crackle]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To chatter, mumble.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[concrepito]]

+ * [[crepitāculum]]

+ * [[discrepitō]]

+ * [[increpitō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[crepo|alt=crepō]]

+ * [[crepitus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}