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boa

boa · f

a large Italian serpent

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What it meant

1. bŏa — Lewis & Short

bŏa (also bŏva in the MSS. of Pliny and Festus), ae, f.bos; cf. boubw/n,

I a large Italian serpent: in Italiă appellatae bovae in tantam amplitudinem exeuntes ut divo Claudio principe occisae in Vaticano solidus in alvo spectatus infans, Plin. 8, 14, 14, § 37; 30, 14, 47, § 138 sq.; Sol. 2; acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 30 Müll., a water-serpent, so called because it milked cows, Sol. 2, 33; or because it could swallow an ox, quas boas vocant, ab eo quod tam grandes sint ut boves gluttire soleant, Hier. Vit. Hil. Erem. 39.—
II A disease producing red pustules, the measles or small-pox, Plin. 24, 8, 35, § 53: boam id est rubentes papulas. id. 26, 11, 73, § 120: boas fimum bubulum abolet: unde et nomen traxere, id. 28, 18, 75, § 244; Lucil. ap. Fest. s. v. tama, p. 360 Müll.—
III Crurum quoque tumor viae labore collectus bova appellatur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 30 Müll. (the same author explains with these words the disease tama).

2. boa — Walde–Hofmann

boa (vulg. bova), -ae f. ,Schenkelgeschwulst* (Lucil, Paul. Fest.), „rote Blattern, Masern* (Plin.), „Wasserschlange* er „Streifennatter*, s. Gossen-Steier PW. II 3, 530; seit Plin., rom.): Et. unsicher, wrsch. Lehnwort., Kaum mit Persson Beitr. 250 zu gr. foufüv m. ,(geschwollene) Drüsen* (: Bößa 'ueorà xol mÀ/pn usw. [Wz. *bu-, s. bucca] unter Trennung von ai. goviní f. Du. „Leistengegend*, an. kaun „Geschwür mit … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. boa, p. 142]

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6 of 9 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. boa (scan p. 96; entry #1279).
  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. boa (scan p. 142; entry #419). Root candidates: *bu-.

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