(verb) : strĕpo, ui, 3, and
* A.
* Neutr.
* Lit., to make a noise; to rattle, rustle, rumble, murmur, hum, roar, etc. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn.: fremo, strideo): cum Achivi coepissent Inter se strepere, * Cic. poët. Div. 1, 16, 29: vocibus truculentis,Tac. A. 1, 25: apes in alvo strepunt,Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 26; cf. id. 11, 17, 17, § 54.—Of musical instruments (poet.): rauco strepuerunt cornua cantu,Verg. A. 8, 2; so, litui,Hor. C. 2, 1, 18: fluvii strepunt Hibernā nive turgidi,id. ib. 4, 12, 3.—Of arms, etc.: strepit assiduo cava tempora circum Tinnitu galea,Verg. A. 9, 808: lancea,Val. Fl. 6, 302: tonitrua,Sil. 15, 145.— Of the place in which the sound is heard: strepit omnis murmure campus,Verg. A. 6, 709: omnia terrore ac tumultu,Liv. 25, 25, 9; cf. id. 21, 11, 6: urbs apparatu belli,id. 26, 51, 7; cf. Tac. H. 2, 84: aures clamoribus plorantium,Liv. 22, 14, 8: placidum aequor mille navium, remis,Tac. A. 2, 23: armorum paratu provinciae,id. H. 2, 84: mons tibiarum cantu tympanorumque sonitu,Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 7.
* Act. (very rare): haec cum sub ipso vallo portisque streperent,bawled out, vociferated,Liv. 2, 45, 5: strepens immania,making strenuous accusations,Amm. 16, 6, 1: qui (lucus) Capitolium montem strepit,fills with rustling,Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 3, 9.