Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Crepido

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

CREPI'DO (κρηπίς). Any raised basement upon which other things are built or supported, as of a temple, altar, obelisk, &c. Plin. H. N. xxxvi. 14. Compare Cic. Orat. 67.

2. A wall built as a margin or embankment along the side of a river, port, or basin of water, to form a quay, against which ships were moored, and passengers or merchandise landed or embarked. Cic. Verr. ii. 5. 7. Quint. Curt. iv. 5. Id. v. 1.

3. The trottoir, or raised causeway for foot passengers on the side of a Roman road or street. (Juv. v. 8. Pet. Sat. 9. 2.) The illustration (Crepido/3.1) represents a street, with its road-way and foot-pavement, in the city of Pompeii.

4. In architecture, the projecting members of a cornice, or other ornaments in a building.

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  Crepido/3.1