crepundia
crepundia, a child’s rattle
- I Most freq., a child's rattle (cf. Ruhnk. ad Ter. Eun. 753), Plaut. Mil. 5, 6 (1399); id. Rud. 4, 4, 37 (1081); 5, 3, 7 (1363); id. Cist. 3, 5 (635); 3, 4 (634); 1, 4 (4) [two foregoing not found; poss. 4, 1, 4 (656)]; Cic. Brut. 91, 313 Jahn ad loc.; Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 270.—Hence, ‡ A CREPVNDIIS, from childhood, Inscr. Orell. 1183.—
- B An amulet, Ap. Apol. p. 310, 19.—
- II Rattling musical instruments, Just. 30, 1, 9.
- 1. (kinder)rammelaar, ratel;
- 2. (Apul.) amulet.
Monimenta,
SuntArnulphus Sagiens. Archidiac. contra Girardum Engolism. Episc. apud Acherium Spicil. tom. 2. pag. 341 :Crepundia , ensiculus aureolus, securicula aurea, sicula argenteola, et duæ connexæ maniculæ, et sucula, et porculi, et bulla aurea.
Quod dum pater insolentiam criminis divinitatisque contemptum civibus incredibile videtur, parturientis Abbatissæ gemitus, et novi partusCrepundia fidem fecerunt.
- crepo, a child's rattle.
(τὰ σπάργανα). A generic term for children's playthings, such as rattles, dolls, toy hatchets, swords, etc. The name is also given to objects of a similar description tied about the necks of children, either as amulets or for purposes of identification (Plaut. Mil. Glor. v. 6; Cist. iv. 1, 13; Rud. iv. 4; Soph. Oed. Tyr. 1035). Specimens of these are represented as worn on the neck of a child in a statue of the Museo Pio-Clementino, copied in the accompanying engraving —viz., a half-moon (lunula) on the top of the right shoulder; then a double axe (securicula ancipes); next a bucket (situla argenteola); a sort of flower, not mentioned; a little sword (ensiculus aureolus); a little hand (manicula); then another half-moon; a dolphin (delphin), etc. See amuletum.