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parra1

parra1

kind of bird (of ill omen)

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What it meant

1. parra — de Vaan

parra 'kind of bird (of ill omen)' [f. a] (PL+) Pit ^parVsa-. It. cognates: U. parfam, parfa [acc.sg.], pctrfa [abl.sg.] 'certain bird' < *paresa. PIE *sprH-e/os-? IE cognates: Co. frau, Bret^/rao 'crow' < *spraua- < *sprehru-l\ Gr. σποργίλος 'sparrow', OPr. spurglis 'sparrow' (< *sprg-\ MHG sperke, Go. sparwa, OE spearwa, OHG sparo < *spor(H)u-en-7 OIc. spprr < *spor(H)uo-. Pit. *parVsa- may reflect earlier … — [de Vaan, s.v. parra, p. 461]

2. parra — Lewis & Short

parra, ae, f., a bird of ill omen,

I the common or barn owl; acc. to others, the green woodpecker or the lapwing: picus et cornix ab laevā, corvus, parra ab dexterā consuadent, Plaut. As. 2, 1, 12 Fleck.: impios parrae recinentis omen Ducat, etc., Hor. C. 3, 27, 1 Orell.; cf. Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 292.

3. Parra — Lewis & Short

Parra, ae, m.,

I a Roman surname, Varr. R. R. 3, 5 fin.

4. parra — Walde–Hofmann

parra, -ae f. (parrws 4 m.) ,ein Vogel, dessen Geschrei Unglück bedeutete, vl. Schleiereule oder Grünspecht, ev. Meise“ (vgl. zur Bed. Harder Gl. 12, 142; seit Plaut., rom. [,Fink"]): aus *par(e)sd = u. parfam, parfa "parram', parfa 'parrä’ (Brugmann T* 767, v. Planta 1490, Götze IF. 41, 102, Devoto T. Ig. 145); sehr unsicher mit s mir, serriach, serr-fiach „Geier“ (eigtl. ,Sperlingsgeier" wie engl. s RC. 49, 140). … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. parra, p. 1163]

In the wild

6 of 9 attestations shown.

Where it came from

  • de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. parra (scan p. 461; entry #1266). Root candidates: *spraua-, *parVsa-.
  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. parra (scan p. 508; entry #8294).
  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. parra (scan pp. 1163-1167; entry #1962). Root candidates: *sparu-, *sprayo-, *apgnráoun-.

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