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
- T
Mercator
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...tibi ego aetatis videor? LYS. Acherunticus, senex vetus, decrepitus. DEM. Pervorse vides. puer sum, Lysimache, septuennis. LYS. Sanun..." - T
Asinaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...filio potet una atque una amicam ductet, decrepitus senex. ART. Hoc ecastor est quod ille it ad cenam..." - L
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..."