I.perf., pĭtum, v. a.
I. To make a noise around, to din with clamor, to cause to echo around (post-Aug.), (legatus) clamore seditiosorum circumstrepitur, Tac. H. 2, 44: “fenestrae canticis circumstrepitae,” App. Mag. 75, p. 322, 8; Sid. Ep. 7, 9; Manil. 1, 22.—
B. Trop.: “tothumanam vitam circumstrepentibus minis,” Sen. Vit. Beat. 11, 1.—
II. To cry or shout clamorously around (so only twice in Tac.): “quidam atrociora circumstrepebant,” Tac. A. 3, 36 fin.: “ceteri circumstrepunt, iret in castra, etc.,” id. ib. 11, 31.