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Bromius

Bromius · m

a surname of Bacchus

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Where it lives

Copa, Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 42.19/10k
Amphitruo 19 · 19.33/10k
Panegyricus de tertio consulatu Honorii Augusti 1 · 7.24/10k
Contra Symmachum 2 · 1.66/10k
Phaedra 1 · 1.41/10k
Silvae 3 · 1.2/10k
Menaechmi 1 · 1.05/10k
Carmina 2 · 0.89/10k
Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k
Pharsalia 2 · 0.39/10k
Epigrammata 2 · 0.36/10k
Satyricon 1 · 0.33/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Brŏmĭus — Lewis & Short

Brŏmĭus, ii (m., = *bro/mios (the noisy one),

voc. Bromie, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 82),

I a surname of Bacchus (on account of the tumultuous celebration of his festivals), Enn. ap. Charis. p. 214 P.; Ov. M. 4,11; Petr. 41, 6; Luc. 5, 73; Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 132; id. IV. Cons. Hon. 132.—Hence,

II Adj.

A Brŏ-mĭālis, e, Bromian, i.e. Bacchic, Mart. Cap. 8, § 804.—

B Brŏmĭus, a, um, of Bacchus: Bromia auctumnitas, Varr. ap. Non. p. 71, 18 (but Lachm. ad Lucr. 5, 1006, conj. Bromii); so, remi, Claud. II. Cons. Stil. 365.

In the wild

Bromia Plautus, Amphitruo 5.1
Bromium Prudentius, Contra Symmachum 1.1.131
Bromium Statius, Thebais 9.428
Bromie Plautus, Menaechmi 5.2
Bromia Plautus, Amphitruo 5.1
Bromia Plautus, Amphitruo 5.1

6 of 39 attestations shown.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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