adstrepo

a-strĕpo ( ads-, Halm), ĕre, v. n. and 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.