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repto , āvi, ātum, 1,
I.v. freq. n. and a. [id.], to creep, crawl (mostly poet. and postAug.; a favorite word with Claud.).
I. Neutr.
A. Lit., of animals and men, Plin. 9, 30, 50, § 95: “chamaeleon humi reptans,Gell. 10, 12, 2: “anguis reptans,Claud. III. Cons. Stil. 172; id. III. Cons. Hon. 22; id. Rufin. 1, 93; id. Eutr. 2, 443 al.
B. Transf., of persons walking slowly or lazily: major pars populi aridi reptant fame, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Gell. 3, 3, 5.— “Of beasts: pecudes,Lucr. 2, 318: “an tacitum silvas inter reptare salubris,Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 4: “per limitem,Plin. Ep. 1, 24, 4; 9, 26, 2.— “Of plants,Plin. 19, 5, 24, § 69.—
II. Act., to creep or crawl through. So only in part. perf.: rep-tātus , a, um, crept or crawled through: “ager (ab angue),Stat. Th. 5, 581: “Creta tenero Tonanti,Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 134; cf.: “amnis tenero Achilli,id. Rufin. 2, 180: “Delos geminis numinibus,Pac. Pan. Theod. 4 fin.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 2.318
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 9.26
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 9.95
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 1.24.4
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 10.12.2
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 3.3.5
    • Statius, Thebias, 5
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