crepitus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crepitus.

Noun

crepitus (uncountable)

1. (medicine) Grating, crackling or popping sounds and sensations experienced under the skin and joints.

Synonyms

• crepitation

Related terms

• crepitous

Translations

grating, crackling or popping sounds

• Greek: κριγμός (el) m (krigmós)
• Icelandic: (crepitus of the joints; crepitatio articuli) liðmarr n, (crepitus of the joints; crepitatio articuli) liðbrak n, (crepitus of tissue) vefjamarr n, (crepitus of a fracture; crepitus fragminum ossis) beinbrotsbrak n

Anagrams

• piecrust, pictures, pie crust, cuprites

Latin

Etymology

From crepō (“rattle, creak”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkre.pi.tus/, [ˈkrɛpɪt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkre.pi.tus/, [ˈkrɛːpit̪us]

Noun

crepitus m (genitive crepitūs); fourth declension

1. rattling, creaking, rustling, clattering

   Crepitus digitorum.

   Snapping of the fingers.

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	crepitus	crepitūs
Genitive	crepitūs	crepituum
Dative	crepituī	crepitibus
Accusative	crepitum	crepitūs
Ablative	crepitū	crepitibus
Vocative	crepitus	crepitūs

Related terms

• crepitāculum
• crepitō
• crepō
• crepundia

Descendants

• English: crepitus
• Italian: crepito
• Romanian: crăpăt
• Spanish: crépito

References

• “crepitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “crepitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• crepitus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• crepitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.