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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>sur-rēpo</b>: ([[subr]]-), psi, ptum, 3 (sync. form of<br /><b>I</b> perf. surrepsti, Cat. 77, 3), v. n. and a., to [[creep]] under, to [[creep]] or [[steal]] [[along]], [[creep]] [[softly]] on, [[steal]] [[upon]], to [[come]] on unawares, [[insensibly]], or by degrees, etc. (not freq. [[till]] [[after]] the Aug. per.).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: sub tabulas, * Cic. Sest. 59, 126: clathris [[facile]], Col. 9, 1, 9: urbis [[moenia]], Hor. S. 2, 6, 100: surrepens [[lacerta]], Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 70: in aulam, Claud. ap. Ruf. 1, 177.—Poet., of inanim. subjects: mediis surrepit [[vinea]] muris, advances [[slowly]], Luc. 2, 506: surrepit crinibus [[umor]], Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 251: ars mea cogit, Insita praecoquibus surrepere persica prunis, to [[grow]] [[out]], Calp. Ecl. 2, 43.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.: alicui, Cat. 77, 3: vide, [[quam]] non subrepam [[tibi]]. Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 1, 5: blanda [[quies]] [[furtim]] surrepit ocellis, Ov. F. 3, 19: surrepsit fratribus [[horror]], Stat. Th. 11, 476: surrepet [[iners]] aetasTib. 1, 1, 71: [[insinuatio]] surrepat animis, Quint. 4, 1, 42: dissimulata [[actio]], id. 4, 1, 60: [[oblivio]] cibi huic, Plin. 8, 22, 34, § 84: paulatimque et Romae subrepsit [[appellatio]], id. 21, 2, 3, § 5: vitia, Sen. Ep. 90, 5: [[terror]] pectora, Sil. 15, 136: nullosque Catonis in [[actus]] surrepsit [[voluptas]], Luc. 2, 391.—Impers. [[pass]].: ita surrepetur [[animo]] judicis, Quint. 4, 5, 20. — Hence, P. a. as subst.: subreptum, i, n., [[only]] adverb.: scandentes in subreptum felium [[modo]], [[stealthily]], Plin. 10, 18, 20, § 40.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>surrēpō</b>, v. [[subr]]-.
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{{Georges
|georg=surrēpo, psī etc., s. [[sub]]-rēpo.
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