strepo

strepo

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈstre.poː/, [ˈstrɛ.poː]

Verb

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

1. I make a noise
2. I rattle, rustle, rumble, murmur, hum, roar

Conjugation

Conjugation of strepō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	strepō	strepis	strepit	strepimus	strepitis	strepunt
	imperfect	strepēbam	strepēbās	strepēbat	strepēbāmus	strepēbātis	strepēbant
	future	strepam	strepēs	strepet	strepēmus	strepētis	strepent
	perfect	strepuī	strepuistī	strepuit	strepuimus	strepuistis	strepuērunt, strepuēre
	pluperfect	strepueram	strepuerās	strepuerat	strepuerāmus	strepuerātis	strepuerant
	future perfect	strepuerō	strepueris	strepuerit	strepuerimus	strepueritis	strepuerint
passive	present	strepor	streperis, strepere	strepitur	strepimur	strepiminī	strepuntur
	imperfect	strepēbar	strepēbāris, strepēbāre	strepēbātur	strepēbāmur	strepēbāminī	strepēbantur
	future	strepar	strepēris, strepēre	strepētur	strepēmur	strepēminī	strepentur
	perfect	strepitus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	strepitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	strepitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	strepam	strepās	strepat	strepāmus	strepātis	strepant
	imperfect	streperem	streperēs	streperet	streperēmus	streperētis	streperent
	perfect	strepuerim	strepuerīs	strepuerit	strepuerīmus	strepuerītis	strepuerint
	pluperfect	strepuissem	strepuissēs	strepuisset	strepuissēmus	strepuissētis	strepuissent
passive	present	strepar	strepāris, strepāre	strepātur	strepāmur	strepāminī	strepantur
	imperfect	streperer	streperēris, streperēre	streperētur	streperēmur	streperēminī	streperentur
	perfect	strepitus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	strepitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	strepe	—	—	strepite	—
	future	—	strepitō	strepitō	—	strepitōte	strepuntō
passive	present	—	strepere	—	—	strepiminī	—
	future	—	strepitor	strepitor	—	—	strepuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		strepere	strepuisse	strepitūrus esse	strepī	strepitus esse	strepitum īrī
participles		strepēns	—	strepitūrus	—	strepitus	strependus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		strependī	strependō	strependum	strependō	strepitum	strepitū

Derived terms

• astrepō
• circumstrepō
• constrepō
• instrepō
• interstrepō
• obstrepō
• perstrepō
• strepitō
• strepitus
• substrepens
• superinstrepō

 

Related terms

• instrepitō
• obstreperus
• obstrepitaculum
• obstrepitō

 

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), volume 2, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 602