crepido
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
crĕpīdō,¹³ ĭnis, f. (κρηπίς),
1 base, socle, piédestal, soubassement : Plin. 36, 66 ; Cic. Or. 224
2 avancée, saillie d’un rocher, d’un mur, bord du rivage : [en part.] a) quai, môle, jetée : Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 97 ; Juv. 5, 8 ; b) crepido semitæ Petr. 9, 1, trottoir ; c) [archit.] saillie, bordure : Vitr. Arch. 4, 6, 3.