1. aclys — Lewis & Short
aclys, ўdis (better than aclis), = a)gkuli/s (first used by Verg.),
I a small javelin, Verg. A. 7, 730; Sil. 33, 362 al.; cf. Non. 554, 3.
The corpus record — Latin
aclys
aclys
a small javelin
Generated live from the audited Latin corpus — every figure on this page is a database query, not prose from memory.
Where it lives
- Carmina 1 · 0.45/10k
- Argonautica 1 · 0.27/10k
- Punica 2 · 0.26/10k
- Aeneid 1 · 0.16/10k
What it meant
2. aclys — Walde–Hofmann
aclys, -dis f. „ein kurzer, mittels eines Riemens geschleuderter Speer der Osker u. a.* (seit Verg. Aen. 7, 730, s. Serv. ad 1): wohl mformung von gr. k[kuMG, -ibag f. „Jagdspieß* (Saalfeld; anders Damsté Mnemos, 38, 230: Einmischung von &ykoAis, weil die Wurfwaffe dem gebogenen Arm ähnlich gewesen sei wie der Boomerang; vgl. auch cateia, 2. trägula). — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. aclys, p. 41]
In the wild
- aclyde Silius Italicus, Punica 3.363
- aclyde Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 6.99
- aclydes Vergil, Aeneid 7.730
- aclydis Silius Italicus, Punica 8.550
- aclyde Sidonius Apollinaris, Carmina 5.413
Where it came from
- Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. aclys (scan p. 31; entry #152).
- Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. aclys (scan p. 41; entry #90).
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