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Latin
Etymology
Maybe from a Proto-Indo-European root 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
- to make a noise
- Synonyms: concrepō, obstrepō
- to rattle, rustle, rumble, murmur, hum, roar
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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.