1. ricto — Lewis & Short
ricto, āre, v. n.ringor,
I to make the natural cry of a leopard, Spart. Get. 5.
The corpus record — Latin
ricto
ricto · v. n
to make the natural cry of a leopard
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Where it lives
- Antoninus Geta 1 · 8.13/10k
What it meant
2. rictö — Walde–Hofmann
rictö, -äre „Naturlaut des Leoparden“ (Spart. Geta 5): wohl ursprgl. schallnachahmend (vgl. raccö); kaum auf Grund von rictus, -üs (seit Lucil. Pompon. Titin), victum, -1 n. „Maul“ Cic. Lucr., Goldberger Gl. 18,32; vgl rictüra Cl); rictö müßte dann einen gahnenden Laut bezeichnen. — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. rictö, p. 1339]
Where it came from
- Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. rictö (scan p. 1339; entry #2293).
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