caurio
Latin
FWOTD – 1 October 2013
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkau̯.ri.oː/
Verb
cauriō (present infinitive caurīre, perfect active caurīvi, supine caurītum); fourth conjugation
- I caterwaul like a cat in heat
- 43 BCE—18, Ovid (attributed), Carmen de Philomela, 50:
- Tigrides indomitae raccant, rugiuntque leones; Panther caurit amans; pardus hiando felit.
- Untamed tigers make a hoarse sound, and lions roar; the rutting female panther caterwauls; the male panther, for uttering, snarls.
- Tigrides indomitae raccant, rugiuntque leones; Panther caurit amans; pardus hiando felit.
- 43 BCE—18, Ovid (attributed), Carmen de Philomela, 50:
Inflection
References
- caurio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- caurio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- caurio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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