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decrepitus

decrepitus, very old, decrepit

dē-crĕpĭtus, a, um, adj. [crepo] (lit., noiseless; applied to old people, who creep about like shadows),
  • very old, decrepit (mostly ante-class.): vetulus, decrepitus senex, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 43 (314); so, senex, id. ib. 20 (291); id. As. 5, 2, 13 (863); Ter. Ad. 939: senex, Vulg. 2 Par. 36, 17: leo, Prud. Ham. 561: inter decrepitos me numera et extrema languentes, Sen. Ep. 26: aetas (bestiolae), * Cic. Tusc. 1, 39 fin.

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