The corpus record — Latin

Abdomen

Abdomen · n

the fat lower part of the belly, the paunch, abdomen

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Where it lives

Mosella 1 · 3.08/10k
Gallieni Duo 1 · 2.72/10k
De Re Coquinaria 3 · 1.91/10k
In L. Calpurnium Pisonem 2 · 1.84/10k
Curculio 1 · 1.62/10k
De Medicina 10 · 0.98/10k
Eunuchus 1 · 0.92/10k
Saturae 2 · 0.8/10k
Miles Gloriosus 1 · 0.79/10k
Pro P. Sestio 1 · 0.6/10k
Peristephanon Liber 1 · 0.57/10k
De Beneficiis 1 · 0.22/10k

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — Lewis & Short

1. abdŏmĕn

abdŏmĕn, ĭnis, n.etym. uncertain; perh. for adipomen, from adeps, or perh. from abdo, to conceal, cover,

I the fat lower part of the belly, the paunch, abdomen, lapa/ra.

I Lit., of men and animals: abdomina thynni, Lucil. ap. Non. 35, 22; so Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 44; Cels. 4, 1 fin.; Plin. 8, 51, 77 fin.; 11, 37, 84 fin.; Juv. 4, 107; Aus. Idyll. 10, 104. —

II Meton. for gluttony, sensuality: ille heluo natus abdomini suo, non laudi, Cic. Pis. 17, 41; so, natus abdomini, Treb. Gall. 17; cf. also Cic. Pis. 27, 66; id. Sest. 51, 110. —With respect to carnal lust: jamdudum gestit moecho hoc abdomen adimere, Plaut. Mil. 5, 5; but opp. to lechery (libido): alius libidine insanit, alius abdomini servit, Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.

2. abdömen

abdömen, -inis n. „Unterleib (urspr. vom Schwein, vgl. Plin. n. 11, 211; seit Plaut, spätlat. -umen mit Suffixtausch, Ernout El. dial. lat. 89f), Schmerbauch, Wanst*: wohl als ,pars abdita* (zunächst von den pudenda, vgl. Cic. off. 1, 126?) oder als „(Fett\ablage“ (so Thurneysen) zu aódere (statt *abdemen |gr. Ohpo] mit 5 wie in sacer-dös, vgl Meillet MSL. 20, 104), vil ahd. intuoma „exta*, ndl inghedom intestina, … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. abdömen, p. 35]

In the wild

abdomine Ausonius, Mosella pr.105
abdominis Cicero, In L. Calpurnium Pisonem 66
abdomen Celsus, De Medicina 7.26.p2
abdomine Celsus, De Medicina 7.19.p1
abdomini Cicero, In L. Calpurnium Pisonem 41
abdomine Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 9.15.p2

6 of 31 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. abdömen (scan p. 35; entry #62). Root candidates: *deus-.

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