Crepido, pen. prod. crepídinis, f. g. Colum. A creeke, shore, or banke whereon the water beareth: the brimme or mouth of a well: the toppe of a stipe rocke: the border or brimme of any thing.Crepido parietis. Varro. The border of a wall.Ripæ crepido.Stat.The brimme of a banke.Dorsi crepido.Stat.The rumpe.Graminea crepido.Stat.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
crĕpīdo, ĭnis, f. [krhpi/s]. I. Prop., a ground, basis, foundation, a socle, pedestal, base, Plin. 36, 9, 14, 66; Stat. S. 1, 1, 58: altaris, Vulg. Lev. 1, 15.—II.Transf., an elevated enclosure, a high projection, an edge, brim, brink, border, dam, dike, pier, shore, bank, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 37, 97; Varr. R. R. 3, 11, 2; Verg. A. 10, 653; Liv. 27, 18, 6; Curt. 5, 1, 28; Sen. Contr. 3, 17; Vitr. 4, 6, 3 et saep.—B.Trop.: omnia tamquam crepidine quādam comprehensione longiore sustinentur, Cic. Or. 67, 224.