crepida
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crepida
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Learned borrowing from Latin crepida, from Ancient Greek κρηπίς (krēpís). Doublet of crepis.
noun crepidae
- A type of footwear consisting of a sole attached to the foot with fairly elaborate straps, distinguished by the Ancient Greeks and Ancient Romans from sandals proper but now usually considered a style of sandal. There was likewise found an abundant variety of shoes; the heavy caliga, or sandal, worn by the Roman soldiers, studded under the sole with large-headed nails, the calceus or buskin (3) and the more delicate crepida (4), or slipper looped in the leather on each side of the instep, in like manner wit
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Talk about this word "crepida." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/crepida. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. crepida. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/crepida "crepida." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/crepida.Cite this
@misc{crepida_2026,
title = {crepida},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/crepida},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
