LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

crepō

crepō (present infinitive crepāre, perfect active crepuī)
Classical[ˈkrɛ.poː]Ecclesiastical[ˈkrɛː.po]
crepāns pres. act. ptcp.

Meaning

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

Conjugation conjugation 1 no-supine

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.crepōcrepābamcrepābōcrepuīcrepueramcrepuerō
2nd sg.crepāscrepābāscrepābiscrepuistīcrepuerāscrepueris
3rd sg.crepatcrepābatcrepābitcrepuitcrepueratcrepuerit
1st pl.crepāmuscrepābāmuscrepābimuscrepuimuscrepuerāmuscrepuerimus
2nd pl.crepātiscrepābātiscrepābitiscrepuistiscrepuerātiscrepueritis
3rd pl.crepantcrepābantcrepābuntcrepuērunt
crepuēre		crepuerantcrepuerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.crepemcrepāremcrepuerimcrepuissem
2nd sg.crepēscrepārēscrepuerīscrepuissēs
3rd sg.crepetcrepāretcrepueritcrepuisset
1st pl.crepēmuscrepārēmuscrepuerīmuscrepuissēmus
2nd pl.crepētiscrepārētiscrepuerītiscrepuissētis
3rd pl.crepentcrepārentcrepuerintcrepuissent
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.crepā—
pres. 2nd pl.crepāte—
fut. 2nd sg.crepātō—
fut. 3rd sg.crepātō—
fut. 2nd pl.crepātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.crepantō—
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivecrepāre—
perfect infinitivecrepuisse
crepāvisse		—
present participlecrepāns—
gerundcrepandī, crepandō, crepandumsupinecrepitum

crĕpo, ŭi, ĭtum, 1, v. n. and a.
I. [Sanscr. krap, to lament; cf. crabro] (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose; in class. prose, concrepo).
I. Neutr., to rattle, crack, creak, rustle, clatter, tinkle, jingle, chink, etc.
A. In gen.: foris, Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 34; Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 11: fores, id. Eun. 5, 7, 5; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 121; 3, 3, 52: intestina (with crepitant), Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 26: herba Sabina ad focos, Prop. 4 (5), 3, 58. cf. Ov. F. 4, 742: sonabile sistrum, id. M. 9, 784 (cf. crepitanti sistro, Prop. 3 (4), 11 (9 Bip.), 43): crepante pede. Hor. Epod. 16, 48: nubes subito motu, Ov. F. 2, 501: catena, Sen. Ep. 9, 8: lapis, in statuā Memnonis, Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 58 et saep.: digiti crepantis signa novit eunuchus, a snapping the fingers (as a sign of a command), Mart. 3, 82, 15; cf. concrepo, I.—Of the voice: vox generosa, quae non composita nec alienis auribus sed subito data crepuit, because loud, Sen. Clem. 2, 1, 1.—
B. In partic., to break wind, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. prohibere, p. 206; Mart. 12, 77 and 78; cf. crepitus, B.—In a play upon words: Co. Fores hae fecerunt magnum flagitium modo. Ad. Quid id est flagitii? Co. Crepuerunt clare, Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 33.—
C. Transf., to break with a crash: remi, Verg. A. 5, 206.—
II. Act., to make something sound, make a noise with, cause to resound or rattle.
A. Lit.: (Camenae) manibus faustos ter crepuere sonos, i. e. clapped, Prop. 3 (4), 10, 4. so, ter laetum sonum populus, Hor. C. 2, 17, 26: procul auxiliantia aera, Stat. Th. 6, 687: aureolos, to make to chink, i. e. to count, Mart. 5, 19, 14.—Esp. freq.,
B. Trop., to say something or talk noisily, to make much ado about, to boast of, prattle, prate, etc.: neque ego ad mensam publicas res clamo neque leges crepo, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 56: sulcos et vineta, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 84: quid veri, id. S. 2, 3, 33: immunda dicta, id. A. P. 247: post vina gravem militiam aut pauperiem, id. C. 1, 18, 5; cf. with a rel.-clause: crepat, antiquum genus ut ... tolerarit aevum, * Lucr. 2, 1170.

Origins

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”), Proto-Slavic *kričati (“to scream”), Proto-Germanic *krītaną (“idem”), and Latin strepō (“to rattle”) for the ending.

Elsewhere
  • Catalancrebar
  • Italiancrepare
  • Occitancrebar
  • Englishcrevicefrom Old French crever
  • Englishcreefrom Old French crever
  • Englishcrevefrom Old French crever
  • Frenchcreverfrom Old French crever
  • Portuguesequebrar
  • Romaniancrăpa
  • Romaniancrăpare
Norwegian
  • Norwegian Bokmålkrepere
  • Norwegian Nynorskkrepere

In English words that came into English from crepō

  • crevicecrepō
  • cravencrepare
  • decrepitdēcrepitus
  • discrepancydiscrepantia
  • discrepantdiscrepāns
  • crepitatecrepitātus
  • crepituscrepitus
  • crepaturecrepātūra
  • increpateincrepātus
  • increpationincrepatio

Quick answers

What does crepō mean in Latin?
crepō, a verb, means “to rattle, rustle, clatter; to crack, creak; to prattle, talk noisily”.
What are the principal parts of crepō?
crepō, crepāre, crepuī (first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem).
How do you pronounce crepō?
In classical Latin, [ˈkrɛ.poː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkrɛː.po].
Which English words come from crepō?
English words that go back to Latin crepō include crevice, craven, decrepit, crepitate, crepitus and crepature.