verb transitive

circum-strĕpo

3rd PP circum-strepĭtum

perf., pĭtum, v. a.

perf., pĭtum, v. a.

To make a noise around; to din with clamor; to cause to echo around •

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, App. Mag. 75, p. 322, 8; Sid. Ep. 7, 9; Manil. 1, 22.—

figuratively •

Trop.: tothumanam vitam circumstrepentibus minis, Sen. Vit. Beat. 11, 1.—

To cry; shout clamorously around •

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.

Perseus ID: n8322 Key: circumstrepo