The corpus record — Latin

repo

repo · v. n

to creep

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Where it lives

Hannibal 1 · 4.89/10k
Commemoratio professorum Burdigalensium 1 · 3.81/10k
de raptu Proserpinae 2 · 2.87/10k
Florida 2 · 2.54/10k
de Bello Gothico 1 · 2.48/10k
De Corona 1 · 2.06/10k
Epistulae 2 · 2.02/10k
Medea 1 · 1.77/10k
In Rufinum 1 · 1.75/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 22 3 · 1.75/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 33-34 - 33 2 · 1.73/10k
Peristephanon Liber 3 · 1.71/10k

Densest 12 of 70 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

rēpo — Lewis & Short

rēpo, psi, ptum, 3, v. n.Gr. e(/rpw; Sanscr. root sarp-, creep; cf. Lat. serpo, serpens,

I to creep, crawl (cf. serpo).

I Lit.

1 Of animals: repens animans, Lucr. 3, 388: cochleae inter saxa, Sall. J. 93, 2: millipeda, Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 136: formica, id. 37, 11, 72, § 187: muraenae, id. 9, 20, 37, § 73: volpecula, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 29 dub.: elephas genibus in catervas, Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 20 et saep.—

2 Of creeping children, Quint. 1, 2, 6; Stat. Th. 9, 427.—

3 Of other persons in gen.: quā unus homo inermis vix poterat repere, Nep. Hann. 3 fin.: super altitudinem fastigii (templi), Plin. 22, 17, 20, § 44: Pyrrho regi, quo die periit, praecisa hostiarum capita repsisse, id. 11, 37, 77, § 197.—

B Transf., to creep, crawl, of persons travelling slowly: milia tum pransi tria repimus, Hor. S. 1, 5, 25.—Of persons swimming: qui flumen repunt, Arn. 1, 20.— Of cranes slowly stalking, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. G. 3, 76 (Ann. v. 545 Vahl.).—Of boats moving slowly along: aequore in alto ratibus repentibus, Poet. (Enn.?) ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 23 Müll. (cf. Enn. p. 87 Vahl.; Trag. Rel. p. 292 Rib.).—Of water flowing slowly: aqua palustris, quae pigro lapsu repit, Col. 1, 5, 3.— Of clouds, Lucr. 6, 1121.— Of fire: ignis per artus, Lucr. 6, 661.—Of plants, Col. Arb. 4 fin.; 16, 4: genus cucurbitarum, quod humi repit, Plin. 19, 5, 24, § 70; 22, 22, 39, § 82.—Of movable towers, Luc. 3, 458.—Of the stealthy advance of a snare, Stat. S. 1, 2, 60.—

II Trop.: sermones Repentes per humum, i. e. low, common, mean, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 251.

In the wild

repens Claudian, de raptu Proserpinae 2.1.152
repentis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 37.11.p2
rependi Prudentius, Cathemerina 8.50
repitque Lucretius, De Rerum Natura 6.661
repens Livy, Ab urbe condita 3.33.15.6
repsit Statius, Thebais 9.427

6 of 140 attestations shown.

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