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+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|formation=inherited|attested=86–34 BC, Sallust|origins=itc-pro *strepe/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''strepō''' (present infinitive strepere, perfect active strepuī, supine strepitum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*strepe/o-]],^(de Vaan 2008) which de Vaan takes back to [[ine-pro|*strep-e/o-]], though it is uncertain that the root is Proto-Indo-European, since it is found only in Latin and Germanic.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[non|þrefa|t=to quarrel]] and [[ang|þræft|t=dispute]];^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Wiktionary also compares [[sga|trenad|t=mourning]].^(Wiktionary) The OLD calls it onomatopoeic.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Sallust,^(de Vaan 2008) who says that Marius' scouts carried shields of leather so that they would make less noise.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to make a loud noise of any kind, to rattle, rustle, rumble or roar;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short note it is mostly poetic and post-Augustan.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of people it is to shout confusedly or clamour, as in Livy, and to raise an outcry in protest.^(OLD 2012) Of places it means to resound, as Virgil's plain humming with the murmur of the souls.^(OLD 2012) Fronto uses it transitively, to fill with noise.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust of shields that make less noise.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of a plain resounding with murmur.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of men shouting confusedly.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 100–170 AD – Fronto of filling a place with noise.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To make a loud [[m|en|noise]]; to [[m|en|rattle]], [[m|en|rumble]], roar.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To shout confusedly, [[m|en|clamour]]; to protest loudly.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Of places, to [[m|en|resound]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To fill with noise.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[astrepō]]

+ * [[circumstrepō]]

+ * [[constrepō]]

+ * [[īnstrepō]]

+ * [[interstrepo]]

+ * [[obstrepō]]

+ * [[perstrepō]]

+ * [[strepitō]]

+ * [[strepitus]]

+ * [[substrepō]]

+ * [[substrepens]]

+ * [[superinstrepō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[instrepitō]]

+ * [[obstreperus]]

+ * [[obstrepitaculum]]

+ * [[obstrepitō]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Lewis & Short give ''[[fremo|alt=fremō]]'' and ''[[strideo|alt=strīdeō]]'' as synonyms.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}