strepo

Latin

Etymology

Maybe from a Proto-Indo-European root *(s)trep-, common with Old Irish trenad (mourning), Icelandic þrefa (to quarrel) and Old English þræft (dispute).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

strepō (present infinitive strepere, perfect active strepuī, supine strepitum); third conjugation

  1. to make a noise
    Synonyms: concrepō, obstrepō
  2. to rattle, rustle, rumble, murmur, hum, roar

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: strepere, strepire

References

  • strepo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • strepo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • strepo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “strepo”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 602