The corpus record — Latin

arbutus

arbutus · f

the wild strawberry-tree

Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited Latin corpus; none are written from memory.

Distribution

Eclogues 2 · 4.41/10k
Carmina 2 · 1.5/10k
Georgicon 1 · 0.71/10k
Ars Amatoria 1 · 0.67/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 5 · 0.64/10k
Elegiae 1 · 0.4/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.13/10k
Naturalis Historia 4 · 0.1/10k

Senses

1. arbŭtus — Lewis & Short

the wild strawberry-tree

2. arbutus — Walde–Hofmann

Attestations

arbutus Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 5.8.7
arbutus Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 7.6.1
arbutus Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 7.9.6
arbuti Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 8.10.5
arbuti Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 9.1.5
arbuto Horace, Carmina 1.1.21

6 of 17 attestations shown.

Deep etymology

Authority pointers, pending review

These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine scan p. 67; entry #779 Review: Under source audit
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch scan p. 94; entry #256 Review: Under source audit

The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.

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