repto

repto, āvi, ātum, 1, 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.