garrio

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r- (“to call, cry”), of imitative origin. Cognate with Ancient Greek γῆρυς (gêrus, “voice, speech”), Old English caru (“care, sorrow, grief, trouble”). More at care.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡar.ri.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɡar.ri.o]

Verb

garriō (present infinitive garrīre, perfect active garrīvī or garriī, supine garrītum); fourth conjugation

1. (intransitive) to chatter, prattle

   Synonym: blaterō

   1. (of humans)
      • 161 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Eunuchus 378:

        Quid agi’? Iocabar equidem. — Garris. — Perii, quid ego egi miser!

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      • 55 BCE, Cicero, De Oratore 2.5.31:

        […] ; nam et saeculis multis ante gymnasia inventa sunt, quam in eis philosophi garrire coeperunt, et hoc ipso tempore, cum omnia gymnasia philosophi teneant, tamen eorum auditores discum audire quam philosophum malunt; […]

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   2. (of animals)
      • 86 CE – 103 CE, Martialis, Epigrammata 3.93.8:

        Cum conparata rictibus tuis ora
        Niliacus habeat corcodilus angusta,
        Meliusque ranae garriant Ravennates,
        Et Atrianus dulcius culex cantet,

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      • c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Florida 17:

        Et merulae in remotis tesquis cantilenam pueritiae fringultiunt, lusciniae in solitudine arcana canticum adulescentiae garriunt, olores apud avios fluvios carmen senectae meditantur.

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2. (transitive) to say something in a prattle
   • c. 186 BCE, Plautus, Aulularia 830:

     Soleo hercle ego garrire nugas.

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   • 68 BCE – 44 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum 12.1.2:

     Atque utinam continuo ad complexum meae Tulliae, ad osculum Atticae possim currere! Quod quidem ipsum scribe, quaeso, ad me, ut, dum consisto in Tusculano, sciam, quid garriat, sin rusticatur, quid scribat ad te; […]

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Conjugation

   Conjugation of garriō (fourth conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	garriō		garrīs		garrit		garrīmus		garrītis		garriunt
	imperfect	garriēbam		garriēbās		garriēbat		garriēbāmus		garriēbātis		garriēbant
	future	garriam		garriēs		garriet		garriēmus		garriētis		garrient
	perfect	garrīvī, garriī		garrīvistī, garriistī		garrīvit, garriit		garrīvimus, garriimus		garrīvistis, garriistis		garrīvērunt, garrīvēre, garriērunt, garriēre
	pluperfect	garrīveram, garrieram		garrīverās, garrierās		garrīverat, garrierat		garrīverāmus, garrierāmus		garrīverātis, garrierātis		garrīverant, garrierant
	future perfect	garrīverō, garrierō		garrīveris, garrieris		garrīverit, garrierit		garrīverimus, garrierimus		garrīveritis, garrieritis		garrīverint, garrierint
passive	present	garrior		garrīris, garrīre		garrītur		garrīmur		garrīminī		garriuntur
	imperfect	garriēbar		garriēbāris, garriēbāre		garriēbātur		garriēbāmur		garriēbāminī		garriēbantur
	future	garriar		garriēris, garriēre		garriētur		garriēmur		garriēminī		garrientur
	perfect	garrītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	garrītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	garrītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	garriam		garriās		garriat		garriāmus		garriātis		garriant
	imperfect	garrīrem		garrīrēs		garrīret		garrīrēmus		garrīrētis		garrīrent
	perfect	garrīverim, garrierim		garrīverīs, garrierīs		garrīverit, garrierit		garrīverīmus, garrierīmus		garrīverītis, garrierītis		garrīverint, garrierint
	pluperfect	garrīvissem, garriissem		garrīvissēs, garriissēs		garrīvisset, garriisset		garrīvissēmus, garriissēmus		garrīvissētis, garriissētis		garrīvissent, garriissent
passive	present	garriar		garriāris, garriāre		garriātur		garriāmur		garriāminī		garriantur
	imperfect	garrīrer		garrīrēris, garrīrēre		garrīrētur		garrīrēmur		garrīrēminī		garrīrentur
	perfect	garrītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	garrītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		garrī		—		—		garrīte		—
	future	—		garrītō		garrītō		—		garrītōte		garriuntō
passive	present	—		garrīre		—		—		garrīminī		—
	future	—		garrītor		garrītor		—		—		garriuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		garrīre			garrīrī			garriēns			—
future		garrītūrum esse			garrītum īrī			garrītūrus			garriendus, garriundus
perfect		garrīvisse, garriisse			garrītum esse			—			garrītus
future perfect		—			garrītum fore			—			—
perfect potential		garrītūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		garriendī		garriendō		garriendum		garriendō		garrītum		garrītū

Derived terms

• garrulāns
• garrulus

Related terms

• garrulitās

Descendants

• Aromanian: gãrãescu
• Galician: garrir
• Italian: garrire
• Mozarabic: גאר (gʔr)
• Portuguese: garrir
• Spanish: garrir

Further reading

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