ob-strĕpo, ŭi, ĭtum, 3, v. n. and a.
A Neutr.
1 Prop., to make a noise against or at; to roar or resound at; to resound, sound .—With dat.: marisque Baiis obstrepentis urges Submovere litora, Hor. C. 2, 18, 20: remotis Obstrepit Oceanus Britannis, id. ib. 4, 14, 48: multaque nativis obstrepit arbor aquis, Prop. 4 (5), 4, 4: si, intrante te, clamor, et plausus, et pantomimica ornamenta obstrepuerint, si, etc., Sen. Ep. 29, 12: fontesque lymphis obstrepunt manantibus, Hor. Epod. 2, 27: tympana ... raucis Obstrepuere sonis, Ov. M. 4, 392: garrula per ramos avis obstrepit, sings aloud , Sen. Oedip. 454: jam genus totum obstrepit, makes loud lament , Sen. Herc. Oet. 758.— Impers., there is a noise, a noise arises : non statim, si quid obstrepet, abiciendi codices erunt, etc., if there shall be a noise , Quint. 30, 3, 28.—
2 Trop.
a To bawl or shout against; to clamor or cry out against .
α Absol. : adversarius obstrepit, Quint. 12, 6, 5.—
β With dat.: certatim alter alteri obstrepere, Liv. 1, 40 fin. : ut quodammodo ipsi sibi in dicendo obstrepere videantur, Cic. de Or. 3, 13, 50.—
γ Impers. pass. : decemviro obstrepitur, Liv. 3, 49, 4.—
b To annoy, molest, be troublesome to .—With dat.: quae res fecit, ut tibi litteris obstrepere non auderem, Cic. Fam. 5, 4, 1.—
c To impede or hinder; to prove an obstacle, hinderance , or injury to .
α With dat.: detrectare Pompeium, actisque ejus obstrepere, Flor. 4, 2, 9: remove parentem, ne tuae laudi obstrepat, Sen. Herc. Fur. 1030.—
β Absol. : mhil sensere (Poeni), obstrepente pluviā, Liv. 21, 56, 9: ut accipiatur circumjecto candore lux, et, temperato repercussu, non obstrepat, Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 148: scelerati, conscientiā obstrepente, condormire non possunt, Curt. 6, 10, 14: sed clausae sunt aures, obstrepente irā, id. 8, 1, 48.—
d To cry out against, blame .—With dat.: huic definitioni ita obstrepunt, Gell. 6, 2, 4.—
B Act., to clamor against; to oppose, disturb : tamen ejus modi, etiam cum leguntur, obstrepi clamore militum videntur, et tubarum sono, Cic. Marcell. 3, 9: quae in Cn. Pompeium congesta sunt: hinc assensione favoris, illinc fremitu invidiae, litterarum monumentis obstrepuntur, are perverted, distorted , Val. Max. 8, 15, 8.—
2 To fill with noise, cause to resound : secretus ab omni voce locus, si non opstreperetur aquis, Ov. F. 6, 9.