LAT
crepo
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Lewis Short
(verb) : crĕpo, ŭi, ĭtum, 1, and
* A. [Sanscr. krap, to lament; cf. crabro] (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose; in class. prose, concrepo).
* Neutr., to rattle, crack, creak, rustle, clatter, tinkle, jingle, chink, etc.
* In gen.: foris,Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 34; Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 11: fores,id. Eun. 5, 7, 5; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 121; 3, 3, 52: 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.
* Act., to make something sound, make a noise with, cause to resound or rattle.
* Transf., to break with acrash: remi,Verg. A. 5, 206.
* 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.
* 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.
* A. [Sanscr. krap, to lament; cf. crabro] (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose; in class. prose, concrepo).
* Neutr., to rattle, crack, creak, rustle, clatter, tinkle, jingle, chink, etc.
* In gen.: foris,Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 34; Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 11: fores,id. Eun. 5, 7, 5; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 121; 3, 3, 52: 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.
* Act., to make something sound, make a noise with, cause to resound or rattle.
* Transf., to break with acrash: remi,Verg. A. 5, 206.
* 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.
* 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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