strepito Latin · revision 37041

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=70–19 BC, Virgil|origins=la strepō}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''strepitō''' (present infinitive strepitāre); first conjugation^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|strepō|-itō|t1=to make a noise]], a frequentative or intensive verb.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Bianchi & Lelli 2014) De Vaan traces [[m|la|strepō]] to [[itc-pro|*strepe/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*strep-e/o-]], but doubts that the root goes back to Proto-Indo-European, since it is found only in Latin and Germanic, as in [[non|þrefa|t=to quarrel]] and [[ang|þræft]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short call it poetic and very rare.^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is first found in Virgil's ''Georgics'', of rooks clamouring among the leaves (''inter se foliis strepitant'').^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Tibullus uses it of Love flying with rustling wings (''strepitantibus alis'') and of clashing arms heard in the sky;^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Silius Italicus too speaks of clashing arms.^(Georges 1913) In Valerius Flaccus cities ring with the beating of anvils (''pulsis strepitant incudibus urbes''),^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010) the use the OLD defines as places filled with noise.^(OLD 2012) The ''Consolatio ad Liviam'' has mourners clamouring through the city.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of clamouring rooks.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 55–19/18 BC – Tibullus uses it of rustling wings and clashing arms.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 25–101 AD – Silius Italicus uses it of clashing arms.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * end of the 1st century AD – Valerius Flaccus uses it of cities ringing with anvils.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To make a loud or harsh [[m|en|noise]]; to [[m|en|clamour]], rustle, [[m|en|clash]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

+ # ''(of places)'' To [[m|en|resound]], ring (with noise).^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[instrepito]]

+ * [[obstrepito]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[strepitus]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ In Ovid's ''Metamorphoses'' 11.365, where it was once read, editors now print the noun ''strepitus''.^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}