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crĕpĭda , ae, f., = κρηπίς,
I.the sole which served the Greeks, and the Romans who adopted Grecian habits, as a shoe, a sandal (pure Lat. solea; cf. Gell. 13, 21, 5 sq.), Cic. Rab. Post. 10, 27; Liv. 29, 19, 12; Suet. Tib. 13; id. Calig. 52; Hor. S. 1, 3, 127; Pers. 1, 127 al.—Prov.: “ne sutor supra crepidam (judicaret),let the cobbler stick to his last, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 85; Val. Max. 8, 12, ext. 3.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Cicero, For Rabirius Postumus, 10.27
    • Horace, Satires, 1.3.127
    • Suetonius, Caligula, 52
    • Suetonius, Tiberius, 13
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 29, 19.12
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 13.21.5
    • Persius, Saturae, 1
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 8.12
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