strepitus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈstrɛ.pɪ.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈstrɛː.pi.tus]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

strepitus m (genitive strepitūs); fourth declension

1. wild din, noise, racket, crash

   Synonyms: clangor, clāmor, fragor

2. (poetic) a measured sound

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	strepitus	strepitūs
genitive	strepitūs	strepituum
dative	strepituī	strepitibus
accusative	strepitum	strepitūs
ablative	strepitū	strepitibus
vocative	strepitus	strepitūs

Descendants

• Interlingua: strepito
• Italian: strepito
• Piedmontese: strépit
• Portuguese: estrépito, estrépido
• Romanian: strepit
• Spanish: estrépito

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

strepitus (feminine strepita, neuter strepitum); first/second-declension participle

1. having been rattled, rumbled, murmured, hummed, roared

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	strepitus	strepita	strepitum		strepitī	strepitae	strepita
genitive	strepitī	strepitae	strepitī		strepitōrum	strepitārum	strepitōrum
dative	strepitō	strepitae	strepitō		strepitīs
accusative	strepitum	strepitam	strepitum		strepitōs	strepitās	strepita
ablative	strepitō	strepitā	strepitō		strepitīs
vocative	strepite	strepita	strepitum		strepitī	strepitae	strepita

References

• “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, 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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016