strepitus
Latin
Etymology
From strepō (“make a loud noise”) + -tus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈstre.pi.tus/, [ˈs̠t̪rɛpɪt̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈstre.pi.tus/, [ˈst̪rɛːpit̪us]
Noun
strepitus m (genitive strepitūs); fourth declension
- wild din, noise, racket, crash
- Synonyms: clangor, clāmor, fragor
- (poetic) a measured sound
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | strepitus | strepitūs |
| Genitive | strepitūs | strepituum |
| Dative | strepituī | strepitibus |
| Accusative | strepitum | strepitūs |
| Ablative | strepitū | strepitibus |
| Vocative | strepitus | strepitūs |
Descendants
- Interlingua: strepito
- Italian: strepito
- Piedmontese: strépit
- Portuguese: estrépito, estrépido
- Romanian: strepit
- Spanish: estrépito
References
- “strepitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “strepitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- strepitus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- strepitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- strepitus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016