decrepitus
κάλλιστον ἐφόδιον τῷ γήρᾳ ἡ παιδεία (Aristotle, quoted by Diogenes Laertius 5.21) → the finest provision for old age is education
Latin > English
decrepitus decrepita, decrepitum ADJ :: worn out (with age), feeble, decrepit; infirm; very old (L+S); (noiseless)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dē-crĕpĭtus: a, um, adj. crepo (lit., noiseless; applied to old people, who creep about like shadows),
I 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.>
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dēcrĕpĭtus,¹³ a, um (de, crepo), décrépit : Pl. Merc. 314, etc.; ætas decrepita Cic. Tusc. 1, 94, âge décrépit.
Latin > German (Georges)
dēcrepitus, a, um (de u. crepo), altersschwach, abgelebt, senex, Komik. u. Eccl.: anus, ein abgeklappertes, Ter.: leo, Prud.: aetas, Cic.: senectus, Eccl.: m. Abl. (durch), decrepitus luxu, Commodian. instr. 1, 24, 2: Plur. subst., inter decrepitos me numera, Sen. ep. 26, 1.
