crepida
ὥστε ὁ βίος, ὢν καὶ νῦν χαλεπός, εἰς τὸν χρόνον ἐκεῖνον ἀβίωτος γίγνοιτ' ἂν τὸ παράπαν → and so life, which is hard enough now, would then become absolutely unendurable
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
crĕpĭda,¹³ æ, f. (κρηπίς), sandale : Cic. Rab. Post. 27 ; Gell. 13, 22, 7 ; ne sutor supra crepidam [prov.] Plin. 35, 85, que le cordonnier ne juge pas au-dessus de la chaussure = à chacun son métier.
