snarl

snarl
v. intrans.
Show the teeth: Ar. σεσηρέναι (perf. of σαίρειν).
When the cities you ruled saw you snarling and showing your teeth at one another: Ar. ἐπειδὴ ʼγνωσαν ὑμᾶς αἱ πόλεις ὧν ἤρχετε ἠγριωμένους ἐπʼ ἀλλήλοισι καὶ σεσηρότας (Pax. 619).

SNARL

gannire (also IMPROP. of men).

snarl (v.): (to growl as an angry dog):

I. Lit.:

1. hirrio, 4 (also irrio: post-classical, but the nearest equivalent): it is a kind of instinct in dogs that they s., if they do not bark, veluti est canibus innatum, ut etsi non latrant, tamen hirriant, Sid. Ep. 7, 3

2. gannio, 4 (to yelp): v. TO YELP.

II. Fig.:

1. gannio, 4: what is he s.ing at? what does he want? quid ille gannit? quid vult? Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 17.

2. oggannio, 4 (fig.): to s. in one's ear (i. e. to twit with), alicui ad aurem o., Ter. Ph. 5, 9, 41.

3. ringor, ctus, 3 (to open the mouth wide, to show the teeth, like a dog when angry): he s.s, though you may laugh, ille ringitur, tu rideas, Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 27 (where Donatus: ringi est stomachari tacitum: est enim tralatio a canibus latraturis).

4. subringor, 3 (less strong than preced.): they will s. somewhat, who do not like my having a villa, ii subringentur qui villam me moleste ferunt habere, Cic. Att. 4, 5 (v. TO CHAFE, IV.: ANGRY, TO BE). For fig. sense, see also TO GRUMBLE, MURMUR, COMPLAIN.

snarl (subs.):

1. hirrītus, ūs: Sid. Ep. 9, 16.

2. gannītus, ūs: Lucr. 5, 1069. Fig.: to provoke by s., gannitibus lacessere, Mart. 5, 60, 2. Or expr. by verb: v. TO SNARL.