1. cācăbo — Lewis & Short
cācăbo (⏕ Auct. Fragm. Aucup. 12), āre, v. n.,
I to cackle; Gr. kakkabi/zw, as the natural cry of the partridge: cacabat hinc perdix, Carm. Philom. 19
The corpus record — Latin
cācăbo
cācăbo · v. n
to cackle
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What it meant
2. cacabö — Walde–Hofmann
cacabö, -äre „gackern, vom Rebhuhn* (Nemes., spät. cacc- Anth.), cacillo, -are ds. : gr. xarkdßr f. und xuxkaßic, -idog f£. „Rebhuhn*, xarkaßiiw „gackern, von den Rebhühnern* (wohl die Quelle von cacabäre, Thurneysen Thes.) xaxxdZu! „gackern, vom Geschrei der eierlegenden Hühner*, mnd. holl kakelen (schwed. kackla, engl. cackle) neben nhd. gackern, mdartl. gaggezen ds. Schallnachahmend wie lat. coco coco „Naturlaut … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. cacabö, p. 158]
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.
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