Crepereius

Latin

Etymology

creper (“dusky, dark”) +‎ -ēius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kre.peˈreː.i.us/, [krɛpɛˈreːiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kre.peˈre.i.us/, [krepeˈrɛːius]

Proper noun

Creperēius m sg (genitive Creperēiī or Creperēī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Crepereius Gallus, a friend of Agrippina

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Creperēius
Genitive	Creperēiī Creperēī1
Dative	Creperēiō
Accusative	Creperēium
Ablative	Creperēiō
Vocative	Creperēī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• Crepereius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Crepereius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray