zinziare
Latin
editEtymology
editOnomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /zin.ziˈaː.re/, [d̪͡z̪ɪn̪d̪͡z̪iˈäːrɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /d͡zin.d͡ziˈa.re/, [d̪͡z̪ind̪͡z̪iˈäːre]
Verb
editzinziāre
- present active infinitive of *zinziō: to chirp
- 1st/2nd c. BCE, Suetonius, (fragments)
- merulorum (est) frendere vel zinziare
- Of blackbirds is to grind, or rather, to chirp
- 1st/2nd c. BCE, Suetonius, (fragments)
Usage notes
editThis verb is attested only in the present active infinitive from Classical Latin.