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rĕ-bŏo , āre, v. n. and
I.a.
I. Neutr., to bellow back, resound, re-echo (poet.): reboant silvaeque et longus Olympus, * Verg. G. 3, 223; so, “rupti poli,” Sil. 17. 252: et reboat raucum regio cita barbara bombum, Lucr. 4, 546: “reboatque ursa superba lupis,” Val. Fl. 3, 634: “ubi cymbalum sonat vox, ubi tympana reboant,” Cat. 63, 21.—
II. Act., to cause to resound, make echo (poet.): “nec citharis reboant laqueata aurataque templa,” Lucr. 2, 28: “reboat te quicquid carminis echo Respondet silvae,” Nemes. Ecl. 1, 73.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (4):
    • Vergil, Georgics, 3.223
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 2.28
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 4.546
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 3.634
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