1. mintrĭo — Lewis & Short
mintrĭo, īre, or mintro, āre, v. n., of the sound made by a mouse,
I to squeak: mus avidus mintrit (al. mintrat), Auct. Carm. Philom. 61.
The corpus record — Latin
mintrĭo
mintrĭo · v. n
to squeak
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What it meant
2. mintriö — Walde–Hofmann
mintriö, -ire „pfeifen, piepen* (von der Maus; seit Suet): samt minurriö, -ire „zwitschern, girren“ (seit Suet., minurritiöngs appellantur avium minörum cantüs Paul. Fest. 122) zu gr. uıvupög „wimmernd“, hom. att. uıvupfZw. att. uvÜpouot , wimmere* (: minurriö, zur Bildung vgl. Hgurrió [Entl. aus dem Griech., Walde LEW.* 487, nicht erweislich]); Schallwz. *mim-, *mei- in ai. mimäti „blökt, brüllt, schreit“, mimäyat, … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. mintriö, p. 999]
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