perstrepo

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

per-strĕpo: ŭi, ĭtum, 3, v. n. and
I a., to make much noise (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I Neutr., to make a great noise, to resound, echo, ring: abeunt lavatum, perstrepunt, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 52: tellus perstrepit, Sil. 8, 430: perstrepit rumor in aulā, Stat. Achill. 2, 76: clangor buccinae, Vulg. Exod. 19, 16.—
II Act.
   A To sound through, make a noise through, to make resound: turba perstrepit aedes, Claud. in Ruf. 1, 213: cubiculum jubilis suis, M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caesarem, 4, 5 Mai.—In pass.: clamore januas perstrepi, App. M. 3, p. 129.—
   B To make a great noise with or about any thing: nonne haec cotidie perstrepunt Ariani? Ambros. de Fide, 5, 16, 19.