con-crĕpo, pŭi, pĭtum, 1, v. n. and a.
I Neutr., to rattle, creak, grate, sound, resound, clash, make a noise , etc. (class.): foris concrepuit hinc a vicino sene, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 76: foris, id. Bacch. 2, 2, 56; 4, 2, 28: ostium, id. Men. 2, 2, 73; 3, 2, 57; * Ter. And. 682: scabilla concrepant, aulaeum tollitur, Cic. Cael. 27, 65: conclamat omnis multitudo et suo more armis concrepat, Caes. B. G. 7, 21.—Of the din or clashing of weapons (i. e. of the swords against the shields) when struck together: simul primo concursu concrepuere arma, Liv. 6, 24, 1; 28, 8, 2, and 28, 29, 10; Petr. 59, 3; and of the striking together of the brazen cymbals of the attendants of Bacchus, Prop. 3 (4), 18, 6; Ov. F. 3, 740.—Of the snapping of the fingers: concrepuit digitis, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 51: si vir bonus habeat hanc vim, ut, si digitis concrepuerit, possit, etc., by snapping his fingers , i. e. by the smallest effort , Cic. Off. 3, 19, 75; Hier. Ep. 125, 18; so also absol. : simulac decemviri concrepuerint, Cic. Agr. 2, 30, 82.—
II Act., to cause to sound or rattle, to strike upon (rare): aera, Ov. F. 5, 441: hastis scuta, Petr. 59, 3: digitos, id. 27, 5: Tartessiaca aera manu, Mart. 11, 16, 4.