garrio
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r- (“to call, cry”), of imitative origin.[1] Cognate with Ancient Greek γῆρυς (gêrus, “voice, speech”), Old English caru (“care, sorrow, grief, trouble”). More at care.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡar.ri.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɡar.ri.o]
Verb
garriō (present infinitive garrīre, perfect active garrīvī or garriī, supine garrītum); fourth conjugation
- (intransitive) to chatter, prattle
- Synonym: blaterō
- (of humans)
- 161 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Eunuchus 378:
- Quid agi’? Iocabar equidem. — Garris. — Perii, quid ego egi miser!
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- Quid agi’? Iocabar equidem. — Garris. — Perii, quid ego egi miser!
- 55 BCE, Cicero, De Oratore 2.5.31:
- […] ; nam et saeculis multis ante gymnasia inventa sunt, quam in eis philosophi garrire coeperunt, et hoc ipso tempore, cum omnia gymnasia philosophi teneant, tamen eorum auditores discum audire quam philosophum malunt; […]
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- […] ; nam et saeculis multis ante gymnasia inventa sunt, quam in eis philosophi garrire coeperunt, et hoc ipso tempore, cum omnia gymnasia philosophi teneant, tamen eorum auditores discum audire quam philosophum malunt; […]
- (of animals)
- (transitive) to say something in a prattle
- 68 BCE – 44 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum 12.1.2:
- Atque utinam continuo ad complexum meae Tulliae, ad osculum Atticae possim currere! Quod quidem ipsum scribe, quaeso, ad me, ut, dum consisto in Tusculano, sciam, quid garriat, sin rusticatur, quid scribat ad te; […]
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- Atque utinam continuo ad complexum meae Tulliae, ad osculum Atticae possim currere! Quod quidem ipsum scribe, quaeso, ad me, ut, dum consisto in Tusculano, sciam, quid garriat, sin rusticatur, quid scribat ad te; […]
Conjugation
Conjugation of garriō (fourth conjugation)
Derived terms
- garrulāns
- garrulus
Related terms
Descendants
- Aromanian: gãrãescu
- Galician: garrir
- Italian: garrire
- Mozarabic: גאר (gʔr)
- Portuguese: garrir
- Spanish: garrir
References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “garriō, -īre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 255
Further reading
- “garrio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “garrio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “garrio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.