The corpus record — Latin

bajulus

bajulus · m

he who bears burdens

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Where it lives

Ad Uxorem 1 · 2.41/10k
De Patientia 1 · 2.21/10k
Antoninus Heliogabalus 1 · 1.73/10k
Noctes Atticae 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

bājŭlus — Lewis & Short

bājŭlus, i, m.kindr. with fe/rw, fero; Engl. bear; and with Germ. Bahre, Bürde; cf. Doed. Syn. I. p. 151, and bajulo,

I he who bears burdens (for pay), a porter, carrier, day-laborer, bastakth/s: quod genus Graeci a)xqofo/rous vocant, Latine bajulos appellamus, Gell. 5, 3, 1: bajulos dicebant antiqui, quos nunc dicimus operarios, Paul. ex Fest. p. 35 Müll.; Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 17; Caecil. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 10, 40: utrum de bonis est quaerendum, quid bajuli atque operarii, an quid homines doctissimi senserint? Cic. Par. 3, 2; so id. Brut. 73, 257: litterarum bajulus, Symm. Ep. 5, 7; Hier. Ep. 15 ad Damas. 5: stercorum, Firm. Math. 8, 20.—

II Esp., in late Lat.,

A A bearer at a funeral, Amm. 14, 7, 17; Sid. Ep. 3, 12; Aug. Ep. 19 ad Hier. 2; cf.: vespillones dicti sunt bajuli, Fulg. Expos. Serm. p. 558. —

B A letter-carrier, Hier. Ep. 6 ad Julian. 1; Cod. Th. 2, 27, 1, § 2; cf.: boni nuntii, Vulg. 2 Reg. 18, 22.

In the wild

baiulus Tertullian, De Patientia 12
baiulos Historia Augusta, Antoninus Heliogabalus 16
baiulos Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 5.3.2
baiulos Pseudo-Tertullian, Ad Uxorem 1.4

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. baiulus (scan p. 82; entry #135). Root candidates: *bag-, *pak-.
Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. bajulus (scan p. 88; entry #1136).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. baiulus (scan pp. 125-126; entry #352). Root candidates: *badjo-, *grä-.

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