obstrepo Latin · revision 31836

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la strepō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈɔp.strɛ.poː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈɔb.stre.po]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''obstrepō''' (present infinitive obstrepere, perfect active obstrepuī, supine obstrepitum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''ops-''.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ob-|strepō|t2=to make a noise]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) The verb [[m|la|strepō]] goes back to [[itc-pro|*strepe/o-]]; de Vaan doubts that it is inherited from the parent language, since it is found only in Latin and Germanic.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[non|þrefa|t=to quarrel]] and [[ang|þræft|t=quarrel]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who speaks of orators who seem in a way to drown themselves out when they speak.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to make a louder noise against someone or something, often of disturbing an activity, as in Pliny the Younger's household whose games and his studies do not disturb each other.^(OLD 2012) Transitively it is to drown with noise, as in Cicero's deeds that seem drowned by the shouting of soldiers.^(OLD 2012) Horace uses it of the violent Aufidus roaring and of the sea resounding at Baiae.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Seneca has it of clamouring against something, and Pliny the Elder of a thing that counteracts another.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of drowning one's own speech and of soldiers' shouting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace of the roaring river Aufidus.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca of protesting with prayers.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder of a counteracting effect.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To make a noise against, drown out; to disturb, interrupt.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|roar]] or resound at; to fill the ears with a din.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|clamour]] against, protest.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To counteract.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[obstreperus]]

+ * [[obstrepitaculum]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[strepo|alt=strepō]]

+ * [[strepitus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}