frigutio

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰereg- (to make a noise, growl, bark), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (to drone, hum, buzz). Cognate with English bark, Lithuanian burgė́ti (to growl, grumble, grouch, quarrel) and Serbo-Croatian brgljati (to murmur).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

frigūtiō (present infinitive frigūtīre); fourth conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

  1. (intransitive, of birds) to chirp, twitter
  2. (extensive) to stammer, stutter

Conjugation

No perfect is attested.

References

  • frigutio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • frigutio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “bhereg-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 138-139