crepundia

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

crĕpundĭa, ōrum, n. [crepo], a rattle; and specif.,

I Most freq., a child's rattle (cf. Ruhnk. ad Ter. Eun. 753), Plaut. Mil. 5, 6; id. Rud. 4, 4, 37; 5, 3, 7; id. Cist. 3, 5; 3, 4; 1, 4; Cic. Brut. 91, 313 Jahn ad loc.; Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 270.—Hence, ‡ A CREPVNDIIS, from childhood , Inscr. Orell. 1183.—

B An amulet , Ap. Mag. p. 310, 19.—

II Rattling musical instruments , Just. 30, 1, 9.

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