The corpus record — Latin

gannio

gannio · v. n

to yelp

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Where it lives

Adelphi 1 · 1.01/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.78/10k
Metamorphoses 4 · 0.75/10k
Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k
De Rerum Natura 1 · 0.21/10k

What it meant

gannĭo — Lewis & Short

gannĭo, īre, v. n.,

I to yelp, bark.

I Lit.: gannire cum sit proprie canum, Varro asinos rudere, canes gannire, pullos pipare dixit, Non. 450, 11: nictit canis in odorandis ferarum vestigiis leviter ganniens, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. nictit, p. 177 Müll.; cf. also † gannitio.—Of foxes, Auct. Carm. Phil. 59; Hier. Vit. Hilar. med.—

II Transf., of persons.

A To snarl, growl, grumble (poet.): gannit odiosus omni totae familiae, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 103 Müll.: quid ille gannit? quid vult? Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 17; Cat. 83, 4; Afran. ap. Non. 450, 11; Juv. 6, 64.—

B In gen., to talk loud, to gabble, chatter: sic nobis gannientibus, App. M. 3, p. 138.

In the wild

gannit Juvenal, Saturae 2.6.64
gannit Catullus, Carmina elegies.83.4
gannitus Apuleius, Metamorphoses 10.22
gannit Terence, Adelphi 4.2
gannitus Apuleius, Metamorphoses 2.15
gannitu Lucretius, De Rerum Natura 5.1070

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Where it came from

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