Latin

Verb

cauriō ‎(present infinitive caurīre, perfect active caurīvi, supine caurītum); fourth conjugation

1. I caterwaul like a cat in heat.
   • 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.

Inflection

References

• caurio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• CAURIO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “caurio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.