strepitus

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From strepō (make a loud noise) +‎ -tus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

strepitus m (genitive strepitūs); fourth declension

  1. wild din, noise, racket, crash
    Synonyms: clangor, clāmor, fragor
  2. (poetic) a measured sound

Declension[edit]

Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative strepitus strepitūs
Genitive strepitūs strepituum
Dative strepituī strepitibus
Accusative strepitum strepitūs
Ablative strepitū strepitibus
Vocative strepitus strepitūs

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • strepitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • strepitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • strepitus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • strepitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • strepitus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016