The corpus record — Latin

frĭtinnĭo

frĭtinnĭo · v. n

to twitter

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What it meant

frĭtinnĭo — Lewis & Short

frĭtinnĭo, īre, v. n.,

I to twitter or chirp as a small bird.

I Lit.: et pullos peperit fritinnientes, Varr. ap. Non. 7, 15; of the cicada: et cuculi cuculant et rauca cicada fritinnit, Auct. Carm. Phil. 35.—

II Transf., of the noise made by young children: sic dulci Marcus qui nunc sermone fritinnit, Poët. ap. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 603 ed. Burm.

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