zinziare

Latin

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

zinziāre

1. 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

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