crĕpĭda, ae, f., = κρηπίς,
the sole which served the Greeks, and the Romans who adopted Grecian habits, as a shoe, a sandal (pure Lat. solea; cf. Gell. 13, 21, 5 sq.), Cic. Rab. Post. 10, 27; Liv. 29, 19, 12; Suet. Tib. 13; id. Calig. 52; Hor. S. 1, 3, 127; Pers. 1, 127 al.—Prov.: ne sutor supra crepidam (judicaret), let the cobbler stick to his last , Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 85; Val. Max. 8, 12, ext. 3.