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blitum

blitum · n

a vegetable

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What it meant

1. blĭtum — Lewis & Short

blĭtum, i, n. (blĭtus, i, m., bli/ton,

Pall. Mart. 9, 17: blitus seritur is written prob. from the corrupted or misunderstood blitūseritur, or perh. the obscure blitus eritur of the MSS.), =
I a vegetable, in itself tasteless, but used as a salad, orache, or spinach: Spinacia oleracea, Linn.; Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 26; Varr. ap. Non. p. 550, 15; Plin. 20, 22, 93, § 252; Pall. Mart. 4, 9 fin.; Paul. ex Fest. p. 348 Müll.; Isid. Orig. 17, 10, 15.

2. blitum — Walde–Hofmann

blitum, -; n. „Melde“ (seit Plaut., rom., auch kontaminiert mit beta, s. d.): wie später atriplex entlehnt aus gr. BAirov n. ds. (Hmlito- : ahd. melda, nhd. Melde aus *mel-dh-, von der Weiche der Blätter). — Davon bliteus, -a, -um „abgeschmackt, fad, albern“ seit Plaut) Bed.-Lehnw. nach gr. BAırdc „dummes altes Weib“ (Menander bei Suid.), BAıto-udupas „Dummkopf* (Aristoph.), BArrös xal BAlrwvag * roUc eürj9ei; Hes. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. blitum, p. 142]

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Where it came from

  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. blitum (scan p. 96; entry #1276).
  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. blitum (scan p. 142; entry #417).

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