Latin

Verb

fēliō ‎(present infinitive fēlīre, perfect active fēlīvi, supine fēlītum); fourth conjugation

1. I snarl like a panther.
   • 43 BCE—18, Ovid (attributed), Carmen de Philomela, 50:

     Tigrides indomitae raccant, rugiuntque leones; Panther caurit amans; pardus hiando felit.

     Untamed tigers make a hoarse sound, and lions roar; the rutting female panther caterwauls; the male panther, for uttering, snarls.

2. I meow like a cat.
   • 2007, John C. Traupman, Conversational Latin for Oral Proficiency, p. 287:

     feles feliunt

     cats meow

Inflection

Related terms

• fēlēs

References

felio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press felio in John C. Traupman, Conversational Latin for Oral Proficiency, Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2007