gannio

Latin

Etymology

According to Pokorny, from a Proto-Indo-European root common to English kink, Polish gęgać (“to gaggle”) and Ancient Greek γογγρύζω (gongrúzō, “to grunt”). De Vaan notes that most of the non-Slavic words mentioned by Pokorny seem to trace back to a Proto-Indo-European *gang- (“to mock”), and is skeptical of their affiliation with the Latin term, the latter whose primary meaning seems to be more "to growl" than "to mock". He thus separates the Slavic words as the most likely comparanda (see also Russian гугнивый (gugnivyj, “(uncommon) speaking through the nose”)), and considers them, as well as the Latin, to be onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡan.ni.oː/, [ˈɡänːioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡan.ni.o/, [ˈɡänːio]

Verb

ganniō (present infinitive gannīre, perfect active gannīvī); fourth conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to yelp, bark
2. (figuratively) to grumble, snarl; gabble

Conjugation

• No perfect forms attested in Classical Latin.

Conjugation of ganniō (fourth conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ganniō	gannīs	gannit	gannīmus	gannītis	ganniunt
	imperfect	ganniēbam	ganniēbās	ganniēbat	ganniēbāmus	ganniēbātis	ganniēbant
	future	ganniam	ganniēs	ganniet	ganniēmus	ganniētis	gannient
	perfect	gannīvī	gannīvistī	gannīvit	gannīvimus	gannīvistis	gannīvērunt, gannīvēre
	pluperfect	gannīveram	gannīverās	gannīverat	gannīverāmus	gannīverātis	gannīverant
	future perfect	gannīverō	gannīveris	gannīverit	gannīverimus	gannīveritis	gannīverint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ganniam	ganniās	ganniat	ganniāmus	ganniātis	ganniant
	imperfect	gannīrem	gannīrēs	gannīret	gannīrēmus	gannīrētis	gannīrent
	perfect	gannīverim	gannīverīs	gannīverit	gannīverīmus	gannīverītis	gannīverint
	pluperfect	gannīvissem	gannīvissēs	gannīvisset	gannīvissēmus	gannīvissētis	gannīvissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	gannī	—	—	gannīte	—
	future	—	gannītō	gannītō	—	gannītōte	ganniuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		gannīre	gannīvisse	—	—	—	—
participles		ganniēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		ganniendī	ganniendō	ganniendum	ganniendō	—	—

Derived terms

• gannītus
• ingannō (Vulgar Latin)

Descendants

• Catalan: ganyir
• Dalmatian: ganer
• Galician: ganir
• Italian: gannire, ⇒ gagnolare, gagnolio
• Old French: rejaner
• Portuguese: ganir
• Spanish: gañir

References

• “gannio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “gannio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• gannio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.