crĕpo, ŭi, ĭtum, 1, v. n. and a. [Sanscr. krap, to lament; cf. crabro] (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose; in class. prose, concrepo).
I Neutr., to rattle, crack, creak, rustle, clatter, tinkle, jingle, chink , etc.
A In gen.: foris, Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 34; Ter. Ad. 264: fores, id. Eun. 1029; id. Heaut. 173; 613: intestina (with crepitant), Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 26: herba Sabina ad focos, Prop. 4 (5), 3, 58; cf. Ov. F. 4, 742: sonabile sistrum, id. M. 9, 784 (cf. crepitanti sistro, Prop. 3 (4), 11 (9 Bip.), 43): crepante pede. Hor. Epod. 16, 48: nubes subito motu, Ov. F. 2, 501: catena, Sen. Ep. 9, 8: lapis, in statuā Memnonis, Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 58 et saep.: digiti crepantis signa novit eunuchus, a snapping the fingers (as a sign of a command), Mart. 3, 82, 15; cf. concrepo, I.—Of the voice: vox generosa, quae non composita nec alienis auribus sed subito data crepuit, because loud , Sen. Clem. 2, 1, 1.—
B In partic., to break wind , Cato ap. Fest. s. v. prohibere, p. 206; Mart. 12, 77 and 78; cf. crepitus, B.—In a play upon words: Co. Fores hae fecerunt magnum flagitium modo. Ad. Quid id est flagitii? Co. Crepuerunt clare, Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 33.—
C Transf., to break with a crash : remi, Verg. A. 5, 206.—
II Act., to make something sound, make a noise with, cause to resound or rattle.
A Lit.: (Camenae) manibus faustos ter crepuere sonos, i. e. clapped , Prop. 3 (4), 10, 4; so, ter laetum sonum populus, Hor. C. 2, 17, 26: procul auxiliantia aera, Stat. Th. 6, 687: aureolos, to make to chink , i. e. to count , Mart. 5, 19, 14.—Esp. freq.,
B Trop., to say something or talk noisily, to make much ado about, to boast of, prattle, prate , etc.: neque ego ad mensam publicas res clamo neque leges crepo, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 56: sulcos et vineta, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 84: quid veri, id. S. 2, 3, 33: immunda dicta, id. A. P. 247: post vina gravem militiam aut pauperiem, id. C. 1, 18, 5; cf. with a rel.-clause : crepat, antiquum genus ut ... tolerarit aevum, * Lucr. 2, 1170.