bark (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Of trees1. cortex, ĭcis, m. and f. (the outer bark)2. lĭber, bri, m. (the inner bark)II. Of dogsIII. A ship • bark (subs.): I. Of trees: 1. cortex, ĭcis, m. and f. (the outer bark): Cic.: Virg.: smooth or rough b., c. levis aut scaber, Plin. 2. lĭber, bri, m. (the inner bark): Cic.: Virg. Peruvian bark is *cortex Peruvianus, or simply cortex. sometimes *cinchona, properly the name of the tree, so called after the Countess del Cinchon at Lima, who was cured by its use in 1628 (Mayne). II. Of dogs: latrātus, ūs: to utter b.s, l. edere, Ov.: Virg.: Plin. Proverb.: a cur's bark is worse than his bite, canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet, Curt. III. A ship: rătis: v. barque.
bark (v.) Copy link Outline I. To strip trees of their b.1. dēcortĭco, 12. glūbo, 3II. To make the noise peculiar to dogs • bark (v.): I. To strip trees of their b.: 1. dēcortĭco, 1: Plin. 2. glūbo, 3: Cato: Varr.: v. to peel. II. To make the noise peculiar to dogs: latro, 1: dogs b., canes l., Cic.: to b. at a stag's hide, cervinam pellem l., Hor. Fig.: if any one shall have b.'d at a man worthy of abuse, si quis opprobriis dignum latraverit, Hor.: in this sense allatro is more usu. in prose: v. to bark at.
BARK Copy link • BARK 1. the rind of a tree, cortex (the exterior); liber (the inner): to live on the bark of trees, cortice ex arboribus vivere. Peruvian bark, cortex Peruvianus, or febrifugus: the bark-tree, linchona (Liv.). A small ship, or vessel, scapha and cymba (of the broader sort); linter (long and narrow, like a canoe, Döderlein). 2. v. to strip trees of bark, decorticare or delibrare arbores. Like a dog, baubari (to utter the natural sound of dogs): latrare (in a hostile manner): latratus edere; gannire applies to the “bow-wow” of a little dog. Hence, figuratively, latrare means to wrongle, and gannire to chatter. (Döderlein’s Handbook, p. 121.) “His bark is worse than his bite,” (canis timidus) vehementius latrat quam mordet (Prov., Curt., 7, 4, 7).