strepitus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈstre.pi.tus/, [ˈs̠t̪rɛpɪt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈstre.pi.tus/, [ˈst̪rɛːpit̪us]

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.

Case	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

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’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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016