ē-rēpō

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ar-rēpo (better, adr-), repsi, reptum, 3, v. n., to creep or move slowly to or toward something, to steal softly to, lit. and trop.; constr. with ad; post-Aug. with dat.

Lit.:

mus aut lacerta ad columbaria,

Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 3; so Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 98:

rubetae adrepentes foribus,

id. 11, 18, 19, § 62; Val. Max. 6, 8 fin. —

Trop.: sensim atque moderate ad amicitiam adrepserat, * Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 68: leniter in spem Adrepe officiosus, * Hor. S. 2, 5, 48:

qui animis muliercularum adrepit,

Tac. A. 3, 50:

occultis libellis saevitiae principis adrepit,

id. ib. 1, 74.

ar-rēpo (better, adr-), repsi, reptum, 3, v. n., to creep or move slowly to or toward something, to steal softly to, lit. and trop.; constr. with ad; post-Aug. with dat.

Lit.:

mus aut lacerta ad columbaria,

Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 3; so Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 98:

rubetae adrepentes foribus,

id. 11, 18, 19, § 62; Val. Max. 6, 8 fin. —

Trop.: sensim atque moderate ad amicitiam adrepserat, * Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 68: leniter in spem Adrepe officiosus, * Hor. S. 2, 5, 48:

qui animis muliercularum adrepit,

Tac. A. 3, 50:

occultis libellis saevitiae principis adrepit,

id. ib. 1, 74.

dē-rēpo, psi, 3, v. n., to crawl down, sneak down (very rare):

derepit ad cubile setosae suis,

Phaedr. 2, 4, 12: ad hominum fana, Varr. ap. Non. 544, 29; Ap. M. 4, p. 145.—

With acc.:

ursi arborem aversi derepunt,

Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 131.

ē-rēpo, psi, 3 ( pluperf. subj. sync. erepsemus, Hor. S. 1, 5, 79), v. n. and a. (anteclass. and since the Aug. period.).

Neutr., to creep out, crawl forth.

In gen., Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 1; Varr. R. R. 3, 15; Sil. 15, 617; Stat. Th. 11, 581.—

Esp., in an upward direction, to creep or clamber up, Suet. Tib. 60.— Poet. transf. of a building, to rise, Stat. S. 2, 2, 30.—

Trop.:

pecunia quoque circa paupertatem plurimum morae habet, dum ex illa erepat,

Sen. Ep. 101, 2.—

Act. *

To creep through:

totum agrum genibus,

Juv. 6, 526.—

To climb: montes, * Hor. S. 1, 5, 79.

irrēpo ( inr-), repsi, reptum, 3, v. n. [1. in-repo], to creep in, into, upon, or to a place.

Lit., with ad:

draconem repente irrepsisse ad eam,

Suet. Aug. 94.— With dat.:

(salamandra) si arbori irrepsit,

Plin. 29, 4, 23, § 74.— Absol.:

irrepsi tamen,

Petr. 87.—With acc. of place:

cubiculum,

App. M. 3, p. 139; 8, p. 206:

caveam,

id. ib. 4, p. 149:

hospitium,

id. ib. 9, p. 219:

Mogontiacum,

Amm. 27, 10, 1.—

Transf., of things:

haec lues... inrepsit in Italiam,

Plin. 26, 1, 3, § 3; cf. id. 26, 1, 3, § 9:

inrepsisse medicinam,

to be gradually introduced, id. 30, 1, 1, § 2:

irrepentes radiculae,

Col. 4, 1, 2:

irrepentibus aquis,

id. 3, 18, 5 Schneid. —

Trop., to come or get into in an imperceptible manner, to steal in, insinuate one ' s self: laetitia in sinum, Pompon. ap. Non. 500, 26 (Com. Rel. v. 141 Rib.):

eloquentia irrepit in sensus,

Cic. Or. 28, 97:

in mentes hominum,

id. de Or. 3, 53, 203:

in tabulas municipiorum,

id. Arch. 5, 10:

in testamenta locupletium,

id. Off. 3, 19, 75.—

With acc.:

inrepere paulatim militares animos,

Tac. A. 4, 2.—

With dat.:

dolor animo irrepet,

Sen. Cons. ad Polyb. 26: irrepsit subito canities seni, Prud. prooem. 23.—

Absol.:

lentoque irrepunt agmine poenae,

Stat. Th. 5, 60:

penitus irrepere per luxum,

Tac. A. 13, 12; cf. id. H. 2, 63.

irrēpo ( inr-), repsi, reptum, 3, v. n. [1. in-repo], to creep in, into, upon, or to a place.

Lit., with ad:

draconem repente irrepsisse ad eam,

Suet. Aug. 94.— With dat.:

(salamandra) si arbori irrepsit,

Plin. 29, 4, 23, § 74.— Absol.:

irrepsi tamen,

Petr. 87.—With acc. of place:

cubiculum,

App. M. 3, p. 139; 8, p. 206:

caveam,

id. ib. 4, p. 149:

hospitium,

id. ib. 9, p. 219:

Mogontiacum,

Amm. 27, 10, 1.—

Transf., of things:

haec lues... inrepsit in Italiam,

Plin. 26, 1, 3, § 3; cf. id. 26, 1, 3, § 9:

inrepsisse medicinam,

to be gradually introduced, id. 30, 1, 1, § 2:

irrepentes radiculae,

Col. 4, 1, 2:

irrepentibus aquis,

id. 3, 18, 5 Schneid. —

Trop., to come or get into in an imperceptible manner, to steal in, insinuate one ' s self: laetitia in sinum, Pompon. ap. Non. 500, 26 (Com. Rel. v. 141 Rib.):

eloquentia irrepit in sensus,

Cic. Or. 28, 97:

in mentes hominum,

id. de Or. 3, 53, 203:

in tabulas municipiorum,

id. Arch. 5, 10:

in testamenta locupletium,

id. Off. 3, 19, 75.—

With acc.:

inrepere paulatim militares animos,

Tac. A. 4, 2.—

With dat.:

dolor animo irrepet,

Sen. Cons. ad Polyb. 26: irrepsit subito canities seni, Prud. prooem. 23.—

Absol.:

lentoque irrepunt agmine poenae,

Stat. Th. 5, 60:

penitus irrepere per luxum,

Tac. A. 13, 12; cf. id. H. 2, 63.

ob-rēpo, psi, ptum, 3, v. n., to creep up to any thing, approach stealthily (class.).

Lit.:

et possim mediā quamvis obrepere nocte,

Tib. 1, 9 (8), 59; Flor. 4, 10, 2:

qui Gallos in obsidione Capitolii obrepentes per ardua depulerat,

Gell. 17, 21, 24.—With dat.:

feles quam levibus vestigiis obrepunt avibus!

Plin. 10, 73, 94, § 202.—

Transf.

In gen., to steal upon, come suddenly upon one; to take by surprise, to surprise.

With dat.:

qui enim citius adulescentiae senectus, quam pueritiae adulescentia obrepit?

Cic. Sen. 2, 4: mihi decessionis dies lelêthotôs obrepebat, id. Att. 6, 5, 3; cf. in the foll. under e:

cui obrepsit oblivio,

Sen. Ben. 3, 2, 1:

vitia nobis sub virtutum nomine obrepunt,

id. Ep. 45, 7.—

With acc. (ante-class., and in Sall.):

tacitum te obrepet fames,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 14:

si tanta torpedo animos obrepsit,

Sall. H. 1, 49, 19.—

With ad:

Plancium non obrepsisse ad honorem,

to creep up to, to come at by stealth, Cic. Planc. 7, 17:

obrepsisti ad honores errore hominum,

id. Pis. 1, 1. —

With in and acc.: imagines obrepunt in animos dormientium extrinse cus, Cic. Div. 2, 67, 139; Ambros. Off. Mi. nist. 3, 6, 41.—

Absol.:

obrepsit dies,

Cic. Att. 6, 3, 1:

obrepit non intellecta senectus,

Juv. 9, 129.—

In partic., to surprise, deceive, cheat:

numquam tu, credo, me imprudentem obrepseris,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 23; 4, 2, 132; Flor. 4, 10; Gell. 6, 12, 4.— Impers. pass.:

si obreptum praetori sit de libertate,

Dig. 40, 5, 26, § 8; 26, 7, 55, § 4.

per-rēpo, psi, ptum, 3, v. n. and a.

Neutr., to creep or crawl through to a place:

ad praesepia,

Col. 6, 5:

in aliena jugorum compluvia,

id. 4, 24.—

Act., to crawl through or over any thing:

tellurem genibus,

Tib. 1, 2, 85.

prō-rēpo, psi, ptum, 3, v. n., to creep forth, crawl out, come out in a gradual or unobserved manner ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

(formica) non usquam prorepit,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 37:

cum prorepserunt primis animalia terris,

id. ib. 1, 3, 99:

cochleae prorepunt e cavis terrae,

Plin. 8, 39, 59, § 140:

aegri quoque ad conspectum tui prorepere,

Plin. Pan. 22, 3.—

Transf.

To creep along, crawl forwards to a place:

rumore caedis exterritus prorepsit ad solarium proximum,

Suet. Claud. 10.—

Of inanimate subjects, to come forth gradually, to put forth, to ooze out, exude, of the vine:

prorepentes oculi,

Col. 11, 2, 38; 3, 10, 3:

pampinus e duro prorepsit,

id. 4, 22, 4:

tardaque sudanti prorepunt balsama ligno, Claud. Nupt. Honor. et Mar. 96: ne palmites libero excursu in luxuriam prorepant,

Col. 5, 5, 13:

umor lente prorepit,

gradually flows off, id. 2, 16, 5:

nervus prorepit usque ad ultimam partem caudae,

extends, id. 7, 12, 14.

rēpens, entis, Part., from repo.

rĕpens, entis, adj. [etymology unknown].

Lit., sudden, hasty, unexpected, unlooked for (class., but less freq. than the deriv. repentinus; for the most part only in nom. sing.; a favorite word with Liv.; cf. Drak. ad Liv. 8, 29, 1):

ne me inparatum cura laceraret repens, Cic. poët. Tusc. 3, 14, 29: hostium adventus (opp. exspectatus, and with maris subita tempestas),

id. Tusc. 3, 22, 52:

adventus consulis,

Liv. 9, 41:

bellum,

id. 4, 14; 10, 7:

casus Attali,

id. 33, 2:

clades,

id. 22, 7; 8:

defectio,

id. 8, 29:

fama belli,

id. 6, 42:

cum fama repens alio avertit bellum,

id. 22, 21, 6:

religio,

id. 29, 10:

terror,

id. 21, 30; 33, 15:

tumultus,

id. 1, 14; 10, 18; 21, 26:

discordia,

Verg. A. 12, 313:

seditio,

Ov. M. 12, 61:

clamor,

Sil. 3, 220:

singultus vocis,

Stat. Th. 7, 360:

sonus,

Sen. Med. 971:

vox,

Val. Fl. 2, 91:

consternatio,

Curt. 10, 2, 15. — In abl.:

repenti fulminis ictu,

Lucr. 5, 400.—

Transf. (in Tac.), opp. to earlier, more ancient, i. e. for recens, new, fresh, recent:

neque discerneres, quid repens aut vetustate obscurum,

Tac. A. 6, 7; 11, 24:

causa,

id. ib. 15, 68:

cogitatio,

id. H. 1, 23; 2, 49:

perfidia,

id. ib. 4, 25.— Adv., in two forms, suddenly, unexpectedly.

rĕpens:

(Janus) Bina repens oculis obtulit ora meis,

Ov. F. 1, 96.—

rĕpentē (class. and freq.):

abripuit repente sese subito,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 21; so (corresp. to subito) Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 252: repente exortus [p. 1568] sum, repentino occidi, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 37:

repente celeriterque,

Caes. B. G. 1, 52:

repente e vestigio,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17, 57:

repente a tergo signa canere,

Sall. J. 94, 5:

repente praeter spem,

Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 3:

repente ex inopinato,

Suet. Galb. 10; cf.:

cunctisque repente Improvisus ait,

Verg. A. 1, 594:

lapsa repente (turris),

id. ib. 2, 465:

amicitias repente praecidere (opp. sensim dissuere),

Cic. Off. 1, 33, 120:

repente collectam auctoritatem tenebant,

Caes. B. G. 6, 12 fin.; cf.:

modo egens, repente dives,

Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 65:

an dolor repente invasit?

Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 21:

me repente horum aspectus repressit,

Cic. Sest. 39, 144:

abjectus conscientiā repente conticuit,

id. Cat. 3, 5, 10; id. Rep. 1, 16, 25:

cum circumfusa repente Scindit se nubes,

Verg. A. 1, 586 et saep.

rĕpens, adv., v. 2. repens fin. a.

sur-rēpo ( subr-), psi, ptum, 3 (sync. form of perf. surrepsti, Cat. 77, 3), v. n. and a., to creep under, to creep or steal along, creep softly on, steal upon, to come on unawares, insensibly, or by degrees, etc. (not freq. till after the Aug. per.).

Lit.: sub tabulas, * Cic. Sest. 59, 126:

clathris facile,

Col. 9, 1, 9:

urbis moenia,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 100:

surrepens lacerta,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 70: in aulam, Claud. ap. Ruf. 1, 177.— Poet., of inanim. subjects:

mediis surrepit vinea muris,

advances slowly, Luc. 2, 506:

surrepit crinibus umor,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 251:

ars mea cogit, Insita praecoquibus surrepere persica prunis,

to grow out, Calp. Ecl. 2, 43.—

Trop.:

alicui,

Cat. 77, 3: vide, quam non subrepam tibi. Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 1, 5:

blanda quies furtim surrepit ocellis,

Ov. F. 3, 19:

surrepsit fratribus horror,

Stat. Th. 11, 476: surrepet iners aetasTib. [p. 1818] 1, 1, 71:

insinuatio surrepat animis,

Quint. 4, 1, 42:

dissimulata actio,

id. 4, 1, 60:

oblivio cibi huic,

Plin. 8, 22, 34, § 84:

paulatimque et Romae subrepsit appellatio,

id. 21, 2, 3, § 5:

vitia,

Sen. Ep. 90, 5:

terror pectora,

Sil. 15, 136:

nullosque Catonis in actus surrepsit voluptas,

Luc. 2, 391.— Impers. pass.:

ita surrepetur animo judicis,

Quint. 4, 5, 20. — Hence, P. a. as subst.: subreptum, i, n., only adverb.:

scandentes in subreptum felium modo,

stealthily, Plin. 10, 18, 20, § 40.

sur-rēpo ( subr-), psi, ptum, 3 (sync. form of perf. surrepsti, Cat. 77, 3), v. n. and a., to creep under, to creep or steal along, creep softly on, steal upon, to come on unawares, insensibly, or by degrees, etc. (not freq. till after the Aug. per.).

Lit.: sub tabulas, * Cic. Sest. 59, 126:

clathris facile,

Col. 9, 1, 9:

urbis moenia,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 100:

surrepens lacerta,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 70: in aulam, Claud. ap. Ruf. 1, 177.— Poet., of inanim. subjects:

mediis surrepit vinea muris,

advances slowly, Luc. 2, 506:

surrepit crinibus umor,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 251:

ars mea cogit, Insita praecoquibus surrepere persica prunis,

to grow out, Calp. Ecl. 2, 43.—

Trop.:

alicui,

Cat. 77, 3: vide, quam non subrepam tibi. Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 1, 5:

blanda quies furtim surrepit ocellis,

Ov. F. 3, 19:

surrepsit fratribus horror,

Stat. Th. 11, 476: surrepet iners aetasTib. [p. 1818] 1, 1, 71:

insinuatio surrepat animis,

Quint. 4, 1, 42:

dissimulata actio,

id. 4, 1, 60:

oblivio cibi huic,

Plin. 8, 22, 34, § 84:

paulatimque et Romae subrepsit appellatio,

id. 21, 2, 3, § 5:

vitia,

Sen. Ep. 90, 5:

terror pectora,

Sil. 15, 136:

nullosque Catonis in actus surrepsit voluptas,

Luc. 2, 391.— Impers. pass.:

ita surrepetur animo judicis,

Quint. 4, 5, 20. — Hence, P. a. as subst.: subreptum, i, n., only adverb.:

scandentes in subreptum felium modo,

stealthily, Plin. 10, 18, 20, § 40.

sur-rēpo ( subr-), psi, ptum, 3 (sync. form of perf. surrepsti, Cat. 77, 3), v. n. and a., to creep under, to creep or steal along, creep softly on, steal upon, to come on unawares, insensibly, or by degrees, etc. (not freq. till after the Aug. per.).

Lit.: sub tabulas, * Cic. Sest. 59, 126:

clathris facile,

Col. 9, 1, 9:

urbis moenia,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 100:

surrepens lacerta,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 70: in aulam, Claud. ap. Ruf. 1, 177.— Poet., of inanim. subjects:

mediis surrepit vinea muris,

advances slowly, Luc. 2, 506:

surrepit crinibus umor,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 251:

ars mea cogit, Insita praecoquibus surrepere persica prunis,

to grow out, Calp. Ecl. 2, 43.—

Trop.:

alicui,

Cat. 77, 3: vide, quam non subrepam tibi. Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 1, 5:

blanda quies furtim surrepit ocellis,

Ov. F. 3, 19:

surrepsit fratribus horror,

Stat. Th. 11, 476: surrepet iners aetasTib. [p. 1818] 1, 1, 71:

insinuatio surrepat animis,

Quint. 4, 1, 42:

dissimulata actio,

id. 4, 1, 60:

oblivio cibi huic,

Plin. 8, 22, 34, § 84:

paulatimque et Romae subrepsit appellatio,

id. 21, 2, 3, § 5:

vitia,

Sen. Ep. 90, 5:

terror pectora,

Sil. 15, 136:

nullosque Catonis in actus surrepsit voluptas,

Luc. 2, 391.— Impers. pass.:

ita surrepetur animo judicis,

Quint. 4, 5, 20. — Hence, P. a. as subst.: subreptum, i, n., only adverb.:

scandentes in subreptum felium modo,

stealthily, Plin. 10, 18, 20, § 40.