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hirrĭo

hirrĭo · v. n

to snarl

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What it meant

1. hirrĭo — Lewis & Short

hirrĭo (irrio), īre, v. n., of dogs,

I to snarl: hirrire = garrire, quod genus vocis est canis rabiosae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 101 Müll. N. cr.; cf.: hirrit o(/tan ku/wn a)peilh=| u(laktw=n, Gloss. Philox.: veluti est canibus innatum, ut, etsi non latrant, tamen hirriant, Sid. Ep. 7, 3; Diom. 367 P.

2. hirrió — Walde–Hofmann

hirrió (-v3 u. -i nach Diom. gr. I 370, 28), -:re „winselnd knurren“ (‘garrire, quod genus vücis est canis rabiösae Paul. Fest. 101) (seit Sidon., ebenso hirribus quw xuvóg Gl. Philox. ux 23): schallnachahmend mit i zur Angabe des hohen Tones wie in hinnió und expressiver Ceminata wie in garriö usw. Ahnlich, aber ohne nachweisbaren geschichtlichen Zshang, ai. ghargharak „rasselnd, gur- elnd*, ghargharitam n. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. hirrió, p. 683]

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