crepo

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

crepō uī, itus, āre

I CREP-.

I I. To rattle, crack, creak, rustle, clatter, tinkle, jingle, chink : fores crepuerunt ab eā, T.: crepet laurus adusta, O.: crepante pede, H.: nubes subito motu, O.: sinūs crepantes Carbasei, V.—

II II. To cause to sound, break out into : sonum, H.: manibus faustos sonos, Pr.—Fig., to say noisily, make ado about, boast of, harp on, prattle, prate : sulcos et vineta, talk furrows , etc., H.: militiam, H.

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