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circumstrepo

circumstrepo, to make a noise around, din about

circum-strĕpo, no perf., pĭtum, v. a.
  • I To make a noise around, to din with clamor, to cause to echo around (post-Aug.), (legatus) clamore seditiosorum circumstrepitur, Tac. H. 2, 44: fenestrae canticis circumstrepitae, Ap. Apol. 75, p. 322, 8; Sid. Ep. 7, 9; Manil. 1, 22.—
    • B Trop.: tothumanam vitam circumstrepentibus minis, Sen. Vit. Beat. 11, 1.—
  • II To cry or shout clamorously around (so only twice in Tac.): quidam atrociora circumstrepebant, Tac. A. 3, 36 fin.: ceteri circumstrepunt, iret in castra, etc., id. ib. 11, 31.

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