strepitus Latin · revision 31013

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la strepō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈstrɛ.pɪ.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈstrɛː.pi.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''strepitus''' ''m'' (genitive strepitūs); fourth declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Ennius has a genitive ''strepitī''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|strepō|t=to make a loud noise]] with the suffix [[m|la|-tus]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan reconstructs the verb as [[itc-pro|*strepe/o-]] and compares only Germanic words, [[non|þrefa|t=to quarrel]] and [[ang|þræft|t=quarrel]], so its Indo-European age is uncertain.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has it in the ''Amphitruo'', in a list of the noises at Alcmena's labour: ''strepitus, crepitus, sonitus, tonitrus''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is any noise, from the crash of falling things to the sound of musical instruments, as Horace's “sweet sound of the golden lyre”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of people it is noisy talk and uproar, as the din of the senate that forced a speaker to finish (Cicero), and the bustle of business, as Cicero's orator far from the din of the forum.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “din, rumbling, creaking”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of noises.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of uproar and the din of the forum.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace of the sound of the lyre.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|noise]], din, crash, rattle.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(poetic)'' The sound of a musical instrument.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Noisy talk, [[m|en|clamour]], [[m|en|uproar]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # The din, bustle (of business).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[strepō]]

+ * [[fragor]]

+ * [[crepitus]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein distinguishes ''strepitus'', a loud noise such as roaring or shouting, from [[fragor]], a crashing sound, and [[crepitus]], a sharp rattling one.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}