decrepitus, decrepita, decrepitum:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 1st · comparison: positive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
worn out (with age), feeble, decrepit; infirm; very old (L+S); (noiseless);
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | decrepitus | decrepiti |
| Gen. | decrepiti | decrepitorum |
| Dat. | decrepito | — |
| Acc. | decrepitum | decrepitos |
| Voc. | decrepite | decrepiti |
| Abl. | decrepito | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | decrepita | decrepitae |
| Gen. | decrepitae | decrepitarum |
| Dat. | decrepitae | — |
| Acc. | decrepitam | decrepitas |
| Voc. | decrepita | decrepitae |
| Abl. | decrepita | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | decrepitum | decrepita |
| Gen. | decrepiti | decrepitorum |
| Dat. | decrepito | — |
| Acc. | decrepitum | decrepita |
| Voc. | decrepitum | decrepita |
| Abl. | decrepito | — |
Examples
Mercator
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...tibi ego aetatis videor? LYS. Acherunticus, senex vetus, decrepitus. DEM. Pervorse vides. puer sum, Lysimache, septuennis. LYS. Sanun..."Asinaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...filio potet una atque una amicam ductet, decrepitus senex. ART. Hoc ecastor est quod ille it ad cenam..."Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...Conversus ad ianuam 'quis est iste?' inquam 'iste decrepitus et merito ad ostium admotus? foras enim spectat. Unde..."