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alauda

alauda · f

The lark

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Where it lives

Divus Julius 1 · 1.03/10k
Philippicae 3 · 0.57/10k
Epigrammata 2 · 0.36/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

1. ălauda — Lewis & Short

ălauda, ae, f.Celtic; lit. great songstress, from al, high, great, and aud, song; cf. the Fr. alouette; Breton. al' choueder; v. Diefenbach in Zeitschriften für vergl. Sprachf. IV. p. 391.

I The lark, Plin. 11, 37, 44, § 121.—

II ălauda, the name of a legion raised by Cœsar, in Gaul, at his own expense (prob. so called from the decoration of their helmet): unam (legionem) ex Transalpinis conscriptam, vocabulo quoque Gallico (Alauda enim appellabatur) civitate donavit, Suet. Caes. 24: cum legione Alaudarum ad urbem pergit, Cic. Att. 16, 8: Huc accedunt Alaudae ceterique veterani, id. Phil. 13, 2.

2. alauda — Walde–Hofmann

alauda, -ae_f. , Haubenlerche* (seit Plin., rom.; davon alödärium „Wurfnetz* Schol. Bern. Verg. georg. 1, 140): aus gall. alauda ds. (Suet, Jul, 24; Dottin 224, Glück Jb. kl, Ph. 93, 166f.: elau-da „die Beschopfte*?). Ganz fraglich die weitere Anknüpfung von germ. *laiwaz- in ahd. usw. lerihha „Lerche“ und die Verwandtschaft von l laus, E* liubön „singen“ (Falk-Torp Et. ordb. 1 453, Bugge PBB. 24, 451f.; vgl. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. alauda, p. 58]

In the wild

alaudae Cicero, Philippicae 13.37
Alauda Suetonius, Divus Julius 24.2
alaudae Cicero, Philippicae 13.3
alaudae Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 11.37.p2
alaudas Cicero, Philippicae 5.12
Alauda Martial, Epigrammata 12.60.8

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. alauda (scan p. 44; entry #348).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. alauda (scan p. 58; entry #141). Root candidates: *laiwaz-.

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