creper

See also: crêper

Latin

Of uncertain origin^[1]; proposed derivations include:

From a Proto-Indo-European root common to Albanian ngrüs (“to have dinner”).
From a root common to Ancient Greek κνέφας (knéphas, “darkness”).
From a root common to Ancient Greek κρύπτω (krúptō, “to hide”) or Lithuanian krópti (“to steal”).

creper (feminine crepera, neuter creperum); first/second declension

First/second declension, nominative masculine singular in -er.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
nominative	creper	crepera	creperum	creperī	creperae	crepera
genitive	creperī	creperae	creperī	creperōrum	creperārum	creperōrum
dative	creperō	creperae	creperō	creperīs
accusative	creperum	creperam	creperum	creperōs	creperās	crepera
ablative	creperō	creperā	creperō	creperīs
vocative	creper	crepera	creperum	creperī	creperae	crepera

creper in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
creper in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

↑ Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938), “creper”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 289

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