1. abs — Lewis & Short
abs. prep., v. ab.
The corpus record — Latin
abs
abs · prep
prep., v. ab
Generated live from the audited Latin corpus — every figure on this page is a database query, not prose from memory.
Where it lives
- Commentariolum Petitionis 11 · 25.33/10k
- Pro M. Tullio 4 · 11.64/10k
- In P. Vatinium testem interrogatio 4 · 8.91/10k
- Pro C. Rabirio Perduellionis Reo Ad Quirites 3 · 8.46/10k
- Heautontimorumenos 9 · 8.19/10k
- Hecyra 7 · 7.77/10k
- Asinaria 6 · 7.43/10k
- Aulularia 5 · 7.24/10k
- Miles Gloriosus 9 · 7.1/10k
- Letters to and from Quintus 12 · 6.54/10k
- Eunuchus 7 · 6.46/10k
- Pro P. Sulla 6 · 6.45/10k
Densest 12 of 67 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
What it meant
2. abs — Walde–Hofmann
abs (vor g t, als Praev. vor e q t) = gr. äy „fort, zurück* (z. B. Thurneysen ALL. 13, 6; kaum erst einzelsprachlich mit Muller Ait. W. 37; nicht nach J. Schmidt KZ. 32, 410 — ai. dpah), daraus a8- vor p (durch Dissim.), d- (= umbr. ahe- osk. aa-) vor e, ? und Nasalen (Curtius 77, Schulze Qu. ep. 148*, Niedermann IF. 26, 51). Lat. & nicht nach Froehde BB. 7, 327, J. Schmidt KZ. 26, 42, v. Planta I 210, Pedersen K. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. abs, p. 34]
In the wild
- abs Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.4.7
- abs Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares 3.10.5
- abs Plautus, Truculentus 2.7
- abs Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.5.7
- abs Augustine, Epistulae. Selections. 6.4
- abs Cicero, De Oratore 1.253
6 of 381 attestations shown.
Where it came from
- Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. abs (scan p. 34; entry #59).
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