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crĕpīdo , ĭnis, f. κρηπίς.
I. Prop., a ground, basis, foundation, a socle, pedestal, base, Plin. 36, 9, 14, § 66; Stat. S. 1, 1, 58: “altaris,” Vulg. Lev. 1, 15.—
II. Transf., an elevated enclosure, a high projection, an edge, brim, brink, border, dam, dike, pier, shore, bank, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 37, § 97; Varr. R. R. 3, 11, 2; Verg. A. 10, 653; Liv. 27, 18, 6; Curt. 5, 1, 28; Sen. Contr. 3, 17; Vitr. 4, 6, 3 et saep.—
B. Trop.: “omnia tamquam crepidine quādam comprehensione longiore sustinentur,” Cic. Or. 67, 224.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Old Testament, Leviticus, 1.15
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.5.97
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 10.653
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 4.6.3
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 36.66
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 27, 18.6
    • Statius, Silvae, 1.1
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 5.1.28
    • Cicero, Orator, 67.224
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