decrepitus

== Latin == === Etymology === From dē- +‎ crepitus, perfect passive participle of crepō (“to rattle, to creak”), apparently meaning noiseless, applied to old people, who creep about like shadows. === Adjective === dēcrepitus (feminine dēcrepita, neuter dēcrepitum); first/second-declension adjective Of old men or old animals, very old ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “decrepitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “decrepitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “decrepitus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “decrepit”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.