I.to stamp the foot: pedem nemo in illo judicio supplosit, * Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 230; so, “pedem,” Sen. Ep. 75, 2.—
II. Trop.
A. To clap in token of applause, to applaud (eccl. Lat.): “male nobis supplaudimus,” Tert. Idol. 12: “diversae parti,” id. Pud. 19. — *
B. To tread under foot, to destroy: “calumniam,” Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 2, § 3.