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acia

acia

thread or yarn

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Where it lives

What it meant

1. acia — de Vaan

acia 'thread or yarn' [f. a] (Titinius+) It is generally assumed that acia must be derived from acus 'needle', but the semantics are not obvious: a thread is not sharp. One may think of a meaning 'which belongs to a needle', of course; but then one would rather expect *aku-ja-. BibL: WH I: 8, EM 5f., IEW 18ff. — [de Vaan, s.v. acia, p. 37]

2. ăcĭa — Lewis & Short

ăcĭa, ae, f.1. acus,

I a thread for sewing, r(a/mma, Titin. ap. Non. 3, 21 (Rib. Com. Rel. p. 115); Cels. 5, 26, 23.

3. acia — Walde–Hofmann

acia, -ae f. „Faden zum Nähen und Heften* (seit Titin., rom.): aus *acu-iü zu acus ,Nadel* (vgl. arm. astani „Faden“ : asein „Nadel“, Muller Ait.W. 6). — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. acia, p. 40]

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Where it came from

  • de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. acia (scan p. 37; entry #3).
  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. acia (scan p. 30; entry #146).
  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. acia (scan p. 40; entry #83).

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