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birrus

birrus · m

a cloak to keep off rain

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What it meant

1. birrus — Lewis & Short

birrus, i, m. (birrum, i, n., purro/s (of yellow color),

Aug. Serm. Divers. 49), =
I a cloak to keep off rain (made of silk or wool), Edict. Diocl. p. 20; cf. Salmas. Vop. Carin. 20; Burm. Anth. Lat. 2, p. 408; Cod. Th. 14, 10, 1, § 1; Schol. Juv. 8, 145; Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 21, 4; Claud. Epigr. 42.

2. birrus — Walde–Hofmann

birrus (byrr(h)us), - m. „ein mit einer Kapuze versehener kurzer Dberwurf* (s. Mau PW. III 498), als gallicus bezeichnet Schol. Juv. 8, 145 (seit 3. Jh., rom.; daraus entl. gr. Bíppog m. „eine Art yÀagüc^ Artemidor): nach Thurneysen Thes. Festschr. Kuhn 82 gall. Wort, vgl. mir. berr, kymr. byrr „kurz* (*birros aus *birsos?) — Weniger wrsch. nach Thurneysen Thes. zw., Walde LEW.? 91 zu gr. lesb. thess. Beppóv- aoo, … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. birrus, p. 139]

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  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. birrus (scan p. 95; entry #1265).
  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. birrus (scan p. 139; entry #412). Root candidates: *di-, *duei-, *duoi-.

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