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borrio

borrio · v. n

to swarm

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What it meant

1. borrio — Lewis & Short

borrio (bur-), īre, 4, v. n.,

I to swarm: in stipite formicarum nidificia borriebant, App. M. 8, p. 211, 30.

2. borriö — Walde–Hofmann

borriö, re ,wimmeln* (Apul met. 8, 22): lautmalend wie vl. &hnl. bair.-österr. wurle)In (neben wuseln, wuzeln, wuedeln) „wimmeln*. — Die Vbdg. mit dem Ameisennamen formica, gr. uüpnuE (Fick Wb. J* 519) ist lautlich unmöglich. — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. borriö, p. 144]

Where it came from

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