zinziare

Latin edit

Etymology edit

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /zin.ziˈaː.re/, [d̪͡z̪ɪn̪d̪͡z̪iˈäːrɛ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡zin.d͡ziˈa.re/, [d̪͡z̪ind̪͡z̪iˈäːre]

Verb edit

zinziāre

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

Usage notes edit

This verb is attested only in the present active infinitive from Classical Latin.

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