1. būcētum — Lewis & Short
būcētum (būcīta, ōrum, n., i, n.bos,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 164 Müll.),I a pasture for cattle, cow-pasture (very rare), Luc. 9, 185; Gell. 11, 1, 1; Sid. Ep. 2, 2.
The corpus record — Latin
bucetum
bucetum · n
a pasture for cattle
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Where it lives
- Pharsalia 1 · 0.2/10k
- Noctes Atticae 1 · 0.09/10k
What it meant
2. bücétum — Walde–Hofmann
bücétum ,(Kuh-)Trift* (seit Varro): bös, doch ist die Bildung unklar; vl. nach Brugmann Grdr. II? 18 mit aus frutic-étum, ilic-étum, muc-tum. durch falsche Auflösung entstandenem Suffix -cetum, Bed. ,Viehplütze* etwa nach dümeta „wilde Hecken‘, virecta „Grasbestände*. — *cetum nicht mit Fick II 76, Solmsen KZ. 34, 14, Niedermann IF. 10, 256£, Marstrander Corr. germ.-celt. 47 zu got. haipi, an. heidr, ags. hgp, ahd. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. bücétum, p. 152]
In the wild
- bucetaque Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 11.1.1
- buceta Lucan, Pharsalia 9.185
Where it came from
- Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. bücétum (scan pp. 152-153; entry #456). Root candidates: *kaito-, *keito-, *koito-.
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