occĭno, ŭi (perf. occecini, Liv. 6, 41, 8: occanui, Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 38, 4), 3, v. n. [ob-cano].
I To sing or chirp inauspiciously , to croak , etc. (not in Cic. or Caes.): si occinuerit avis, i. e. if by its chirping it gives an unfavorable omen , Liv. 6, 41, 8: corvus voce clarā occinuit, id. 10, 40 fin. : occinentes in eum adversum corvi, Val. Max. 1, 4, 2.—
II In gen., to sing , chirp , cry : animalia inter se, Ap. Flor. p. 349, 20.