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

Verb

garriō (present infinitive garrīre, perfect active garrīvī or garriī, supine garrītum); fourth conjugation

  1. to chatter, prattle

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Aromanian: gãrãescu
  • Galician: garrir
  • Italian: garrire
  • Mozarabic: גאר (gʔr)
  • Portuguese: garrir
  • Spanish: garrir

References

  1. ^ 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.