cornicor

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Ἐρωτώμενος διὰ τί ὀλίγους ἔχει μαθητάς, ἔφη ὅτι ἀργυρέᾳ αὐτοὺς ἐκβάλλω ῥάβδῳ → When asked why he had so few pupils, he replied ‘I chase them away with a silver stick (Diogenes Laertius 6.4.5, on the philosopher Antisthenes)

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Latin > English

cornicor cornicari, cornicus sum V DEP :: say in a croaking voice, croak out; caw like a crow (L+S)

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

cornīcor: āri, v. dep. cornix,
I to caw like a crow (very rare): quid grave secum inepte, Pers. 5, 12; cf. Prisc. p. 828 P.; Hier. Ep. 125, n. 16.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

cornīcor,¹⁶ ārī, intr. (cornix), croasser : Pers. 5, 12 ; Hier. Ep. 125, 16.

Latin > German (Georges)

cornīcor, ār (cornix; vgl. Prisc. 8, 79), wie eine Krähe kreischen, krächzen, nescio quid tecum grave cornicaris inepte, Pers. 5, 12: u. so alqd intra se, Hieron. epist. 125, 16.