perstrepo

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

per-strĕpo, ŭi, ĭtum, 3, v. n. and a., to make much noise (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

I Neutr. , to make a great noise , to resound , echo , ring : abeunt lavatum, perstrepunt, Ter. Eun. 600: tellus perstrepit, Sil. 8, 430: perstrepit rumor in aulā, Stat. Ach. 2, 76: clangor buccinae, Vulg. Exod. 19, 16.—

II Act.

A To sound through , make a noise through , to make resound : turba perstrepit aedes, Claud. in Ruf. 1, 213: cubiculum jubilis suis, M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caesarem, 4, 5 Mai.—In pass. : clamore januas perstrepi, Ap. Met. 3, 1, 17.—

B To make a great noise with or about any thing: nonne haec cotidie perstrepunt Ariani? Ambros. de Fide, 5, 16, 19.

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