carpisculus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

carpiscŭlus or carpuscŭlus, i, m. [κρηπίς, crepida].

I A kind of shoes , Vop. Aur. 30.—

II In architecture, groundwork , basement , Inscr. Orell. 3272.