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The corpus record — Latin

abolla

abolla · f

a robe of thick woollen stuff

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Where it lives

  • C. Caligula 1 · 1.31/10k
  • Contra Symmachum 1 · 0.83/10k
  • Saturae 2 · 0.8/10k
  • Epigrammata 3 · 0.53/10k

What it meant

1. ăbolla — Lewis & Short

ăbolla, ae, f.a)mbolh/ = a)nabolh/, prop. a throwing back and around,

I a robe of thick woollen stuff worn by soldiers, philosophers, etc. (called in Verg. A. 5, 421, duplex amictus; v. Serv. ad h.l.): toga detracta est et abolla data, Varr. ap. Non. 538, 16: purpurea, Suet. Calig. 35.—Of philosophers, Mart. 4, 53; 8, 48; Juv. 4, 76 al.: facinus majoris abollae, i. e. a crime committed by a deep philosopher, Juv. 3, 115.

2. abolla — Walde–Hofmann

abolla, -ae f. „doppelter Mantel“, ,Kriegs- und Philosophentracht* (seit Varro; daraus gr. üpolia, neben &ßöAkng -nv Pap., Meinersmann 5, s. Thurneysen GGA. 1907, 800 gegen Bezzenbergers BB. 27, 147 Herleitung aus *sm + BdAAw): wegen ófoAeic ( neglecta nasalı, ut in "Aqidpnoc* van Herwerden Lex. Graec. suppl.) mepigokol Und ZixeAöv Hes. (und der sizil, Stadt ’AßöAka Steph. Byz., h. Avola?) sizilisches Wort. Weitere … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. abolla, p. 37]

In the wild

6 of 7 attestations shown.

Where it came from

  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. abolla (scan p. 28; entry #94).
  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. abolla (scan p. 37; entry #73).

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