ob-strĕpo — Lewis & Short
ob-strĕpo, ŭi, ĭtum, 3, v. n. and
I a.
A Neutr.
1 Prop., to make a noise against or at; to roar or resound at; to resound, sound.—With dat.:
marisque Baiis obstrepentis urges Submovere litora,Hor. C. 2, 18, 20:
remotis Obstrepit Oceanus Britannis,id. ib. 4, 14, 48:
multaque nativis obstrepit arbor aquis,Prop. 4 (5), 4, 4.
si, intrante te, clamor, et plausus, et pantomimica ornamenta obstrepuerint, si, etc.,Sen. Ep. 29, 12:
fontesque lymphis obstrepunt manantibus,Hor. Epod. 2, 27:
tympana ... raucis Obstrepuere sonis,Ov. M. 4, 392:
garrula per ramos avis obstrepit,sings aloud, Sen. Oedip. 454:
jam genus totum obstrepit,makes loud lament, Sen. Herc. Oet. 758.—Impers., there is a noise, a noise arises:
non statim, si quid obstrepet, abiciendi codices erunt, etc.,if there shall be a noise, Quint. 30, 3, 28.—
2 Trop.
a To bawl or shout against; to clamor or cry out against.
(a) Absol.:
adversarius obstrepit,Quint. 12, 6, 5.—
(b) With dat.:
certatim alter alteri obstrepere,Liv. 1, 40 fin.:
ut quodammodo ipsi sibi in dicendo obstrepere videantur,Cic. de Or. 3, 13, 50.—
(g) Impers. pass.:
decemviro obstrepitur,Liv. 3, 49, 4.—
b To annoy, molest, be troublesome to.—With dat.:
quae res fecit, ut tibi litteris obstrepere non auderem,Cic. Fam. 5, 4, 1.—
c To impede or hinder; to prove an obstacle, hinderance, or injury to.
(a) With dat.:
detrectare Pompeium, actisque ejus obstrepere,Flor. 4, 2, 9:
remove parentem, ne tuae laudi obstrepat,Sen. Herc. Fur. 1030.—
(b) Absol.:
nihil sensere (Poeni), obstrepente pluviā,Liv. 21, 56, 9:
ut accipiatur circumjecto candore lux, et, temperato repercussu, non obstrepat,Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 148: scelerati, conscientiā obstrepente, condormire non possunt, Curt. 6, 10, 14:
sed clausae sunt aures, obstrepente irā,id. 8, 1, 48.—
d To cry out against, blame.—With dat.:
huic definitioni ita obstrepunt,Gell. 6, 2, 4.—
B Act., to clamor against; to oppose, disturb:
tamen ejus modi, etiam cum leguntur, obstrepi clamore militum videntur, et tubarum sono,Cic. Marcell. 3, 9:
quae in Cn. Pompeium congesta sunt: hinc assensione favoris, illinc fremitu invidiae, litterarum monumentis obstrepuntur,are perverted, distorted, Val. Max. 8, 15, 8.—
2 To fill with noise, cause to resound:
secretus ab omni voce locus, si non opstreperetur aquis,Ov. F. 6, 9.