occĭno — Lewis & Short
occĭno, ŭi (
I perf. occecini, Liv. 6, 41, 8:
occanui,Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 38, 4), 3, v. n. ob-cano.
I To sing or chirp inauspiciously, to croak, etc. (not in Cic. or Cæs.):
si occinuerit avis,i. e. if by its chirping it gives an unfavorable omen, Liv. 6, 41, 8:
corvus voce clarā occinuit,id. 10, 40 fin.:
occinentes in eum adversum corvi,Val. Max. 1, 4, 2.—
II In gen., to sing, chirp, cry:
animalia inter se,App. Flor. p. 349, 20.