The corpus record — Latin

boo

to cry aloud

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Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38 - 36 7 · 6.15/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 33-34 - 33 6 · 5.2/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38 - 35 6 · 4.75/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 31-32 - 32 3 · 2.82/10k
Amphitruo 1 · 1.02/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 33-34 - 34 1 · 0.67/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38 - 37 1 · 0.61/10k
Ab urbe condita 30 · 0.58/10k
De bello Gallico 1 · 0.19/10k
Res Gestae 2 · 0.16/10k
Naturalis Historia 6 · 0.15/10k

What it meant

1. bŏo — Lewis & Short

bŏo (with the digamma bŏvo, Enn.;

I v. infra), āre or ĕre, v. n. from the root bo, kindr. with Sanscr. gu and the Gr. boa/w; cf. Varr. L. L. 7, § 104 Müll.; Non. p. 79, 4; acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 30 Müll. directly from the Gr., to cry aloud, roar (mostly ante- and post-class., and in the poets).

a Bŏvo, āre: clamore bovantes, Enn. ap. Varr. 1. 1. (Ann. v. 571 Vahl.).—

b Bŏo, ĕre: clamore et sonitu colles resonantes bount, Pac. ap. Non. 1. 1. (Trag. Rel. v. 223 Rib.; Varr. ib.; perh. in both pass. we should read boant; cf. Ussing ad Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 77).—

c Bŏo, āre (the usual form): boat Caelum fremitu, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 77; Ov. A. A. 3, 450; App. Flor. 17.

2. boö — Walde–Hofmann

boö, -@re (boö, -ere Pacuv., Varro nach sonere neben sonare u. à.) „laut ertónen, widerhallen, brüllen* (seit Enn. und Plaut, boàtus seit Apul, reboäre ,widerhallen* seit Lucr. und Catull): wegen des fehlenden v der Stammsilbe (bovantes Enn. in Anlehnung an bös, bovis, s. Solmsen Stud. 148*) ist das nach Vorkommen und Unproduküvitát in der Ableitung künstliche und dichterische Wort trotz Persson Beitr. 898? (nach … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. boö, p. 143]

3. Boo — Walde–Hofmann

Boo, uögonar IT 130 Hc II 182 Mvaía I 863 pvaxeAévópa II 133 pBócxAo: II 126 pócxoc I 403 pócoc II 136 Avoöc (gr.-mys.) I 445 udayov I 403, II 133 Aörıkov Éoyarov* 11139 uro „Verstümmelt“ 77 136 Bói „stumm“ II 127, 187, 139 péuc „Schnauben“ I 139 — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. Boo, p. 1858]

In the wild

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Where it came from

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