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a-strĕpo (ads- , Halm), ĕre, v. n. and
I.a.
I. In gen., to make a noise at or to (only post-Aug.; “freq. in Tac.): totum mare immugit, omnes undique scopuli adstrepunt,Sen. Hippol. 1027: “adstrepebat volgus diversis incitamentis,Tac. A. 1, 18: “volgus clamore et vocibus adstrepebat,id. H. 2, 90.—As verb act. with acc.: “irritis precibus surdas principis aures adstrepebant,Plin. Pan. 26, 2 (Keil, obstrepebant): “eadem,Tac. H. 4, 49: “quae pauci incipiant, reliquos adstrepere,id. A. 2, 12.—
II. Esp., alicui adstrepere, like acclamo, to shout applause to, to applaud, huzza: “adstrepebat huic alacre vulgus,Tac. A. 11, 17: “haec atque talia dicenti adstrepere volgus,id. ib. 12, 34.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Tacitus, Annales, 11.17
    • Tacitus, Annales, 2.12
    • Tacitus, Annales, 1.18
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 2.90
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 4.49
    • Seneca, Phaedra, 1027
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