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|lshtext=<b>dē-crĕpĭtus</b>: a, um, adj. [[crepo]] (lit., [[noiseless]]; applied to old [[people]], [[who]] [[creep]] [[about]] [[like]] shadows),<br /><b>I</b> [[very]] old, [[decrepit]] ([[mostly]] [[ante]]-[[class]].): [[vetulus]], [[decrepitus]] [[senex]], Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 43; so, [[senex]], id. ib. 20; id. Asin. 5, 2, 13; Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 16: [[senex]], Vulg. 2 Par. 36, 17: leo, Prud. Ham. 561: [[inter]] decrepitos me numera et extrema languentes, Sen. Ep. 26: [[aetas]] (bestiolae), * Cic. Tusc. 1, 39 fin.>
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