verb transitive intransitive

crĕpo

2nd PP crĕpāre · 3rd PP crĕpŭi · 4th PP crĕpĭtum · conj. 1st

poetic

[Sanscr. krap, to lament; cf. crabro] (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose; in class. prose, concrepo).

Neutr., to rattle, crack, creak, rustle, clatter, tinkle, jingle, chink

Neutr., to rattle, crack, creak, rustle, clatter, tinkle, jingle, chink, etc.

a snapping the fingers ••

In gen.: foris, Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 34; Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 11: fores, id. Eun. 5, 7, 5; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 121; 3, 3, 52: intestina (with crepitant), Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 26: herba Sabina ad focos, Prop. 4 (5), 3, 58. cf. Ov. F. 4, 742: sonabile sistrum, id. M. 9, 784 (cf. crepitanti sistro, Prop. 3 (4), 11 (9 Bip.), 43): crepante pede. Hor. Epod. 16, 48: nubes subito motu, Ov. F. 2, 501: catena, Sen. Ep. 9, 8: lapis, in statuā Memnonis, Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 58 et saep.: digiti crepantis signa novit eunuchus, a snapping the fingers (as a sign of a command), Mart. 3, 82, 15; cf. concrepo, I.—Of the voice: vox generosa, quae non composita nec alienis auribus sed subito data crepuit, because loud, Sen. Clem. 2, 1, 1.—

to break wind

In partic., to break wind, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. prohibere, p. 206; Mart. 12, 77 and 78; cf. crepitus, B.—In a play upon words: Co. Fores hae fecerunt magnum flagitium modo. Ad. Quid id est flagitii? Co. Crepuerunt clare, Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 33.—

to break with a; crash by extension •

Transf., to break with a crash: remi, Verg. A. 5, 206.—

Act., to make something sound, make a noise with, cause to resound; rattle

Act., to make something sound, make a noise with, cause to resound or rattle.

to make to chink; to count •

Lit.: (Camenae) manibus faustos ter crepuere sonos, i. e. clapped, Prop. 3 (4), 10, 4. so, ter laetum sonum populus, Hor. C. 2, 17, 26: procul auxiliantia aera, Stat. Th. 6, 687: aureolos, to make to chink, i. e. to count, Mart. 5, 19, 14.—Esp. freq.,

to say something; talk noisily, to make much ado about, to boast of, prattle, prate; rel.-clause figuratively ••

Trop., to say something or talk noisily, to make much ado about, to boast of, prattle, prate, etc.: neque ego ad mensam publicas res clamo neque leges crepo, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 56: sulcos et vineta, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 84: quid veri, id. S. 2, 3, 33: immunda dicta, id. A. P. 247: post vina gravem militiam aut pauperiem, id. C. 1, 18, 5; cf. with a rel.-clause: crepat, antiquum genus ut ... tolerarit aevum, * Lucr. 2, 1170.

Perseus ID: n11562 Key: crepo