1. caurĭo — Lewis & Short
caurĭo, īre,
I the natural sound of the rutting panther, Auct. Philom. 50.
The corpus record — Latin
caurio
caurio
the natural sound of the rutting panther
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Where it lives
- Georgicon 1 · 0.71/10k
- De Rerum Natura 1 · 0.21/10k
- De Architectura 1 · 0.17/10k
What it meant
2. cauriö — Walde–Hofmann
cauriö, -ire „schreien, vom brünstigen Panther" (seit Suet): schallnachahmend wie gr. xaüüE m. „Mövenart“ usw. (s. weiteres unter cavannus); vgl. mit r noch abg. kurs „Hahn*, ksl kurica „Henne“ usw. (z. T. Neuschöpfung bzw. Einmischung von d. kurren, Kurrhahn, Berneker 650); Ferner steht ai. cdkörah „eine Art Rebhuhn*. Auldlah m. „Hühnerart, Phasianus gallus" (Petersson KZ. 46, 133). — Walde-P. I 332. — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. cauriö, p. 222]
In the wild
Where it came from
- Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. cauriö (scan p. 222; entry #603).
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