The corpus record — Latin

hinnio

to neigh

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Where it lives

Antoninus Geta 1 · 8.13/10k
Panegyricus dictus Manlio Theodoro consuli 1 · 4.65/10k
Epithalamium de nuptiis Honorii Augusti 1 · 4.57/10k
Epigrammata Ausonii de diversis rebus 1 · 2.74/10k
Panegyricus de quarto consulatu Honorii Augusti 1 · 2.52/10k
Panegyricus de sexto consulatu Honorii Augusti 1 · 2.4/10k
de Origine et Situ Germanorum Liber 1 · 1.81/10k
de raptu Proserpinae 1 · 1.43/10k
Nero 1 · 1.28/10k
Florida 1 · 1.27/10k
Carmina 2 · 0.89/10k
Octavius 1 · 0.86/10k

Densest 12 of 30 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. hinnĭo — Lewis & Short

hinnĭo, īre (

I perf. hinnisset, Val. Max. 7, 3, ext. 2), v. n., to neigh, whinny: ut si finias equum, genus est animal, species mortale, differentia irrationale (nam et homo mortale erat), proprium hinniens, Quint. 7, 3, 3; Lucr. 5, 1077; Quint. 1, 5 fin.: hinnientium dulcedines, i. e. of horses, Laev. ap. App. Mag. p. 294.—Poet., of the centaur Chiron, Sid. Carm. 14, 29.—Hence, * hinnĭenter, adv., with neighing: hinnibunde pro hinnienter, Non. 122, 13.

2. hinniö — Walde–Hofmann

hinniö, -ire ,wiehern^ (seit Laev. Varro Luer., rom., ebenso *hinnttulüre [von hinnitó Cl, Samuelsson Cl. 6, 244; hinnibundus seit Quadrig. [Persson Gerund. 73], hinnzbilis seit Ps. Apul. [Leumann -lis 120], hinnitus, -üs m. seit Lucr.): Schallwort, vl. Nasalerweiterung des Naturlauts hi(Ài); entsprechend frühnhd. hinnen, hinnern, ndl. hinniken „wiehern“ (Hauschild ZdW. 12, 23). — Verfehlt Vanidek 95 (aus *hirnió zu … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. hinniö, p. 679]

In the wild

hinnitu Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 19.2.5
hinnitum Silius Italicus, Punica 10.459
hinnitu Vergil, Georgicon 3.94
hinnitu Claudian, de raptu Proserpinae 2.1.192
hinnitum Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 7.3e.2
hinnitum Sidonius Apollinaris, Carmina 23.197

6 of 44 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. hinniö (scan p. 679; entry #1317).

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