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burdo

burdo · m

a mule

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What it meant

1. burdo — Lewis & Short

burdo, ōnis (collat. form burdus, i, Acron. ad m., = ,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 7),

I a mule (the offspring of a horse and she-ass, while mulus is the offspring of an ass and a mare; v. Isid. Orig. 12, 1, 61), esp. used for carrying litters, Dig. 32, 49: onus duorum burdonum, Vulg. 4 Reg. 5, 17.

2. burdö — Walde–Hofmann

burdö, -önis, burdus, -: m. (Schol. Hor.) ,Maultier* (aus Hengst und Eselin; seit Edict. Diocl. bzw. Petron, rom.; aus afrz. bort ,Bastard* entl. ndl. bordese! ,Maulesel*, aus dem Lat. ahd. burdthhin usw.); unsicherer Herkunft, jedenfalls Fremdwort. Kaum nach Froehde BB. 8, 167, Prellwitz BB. 22, 100. 127 als o.-u. Lw. zu ai. garda-bhah „Esel“, gárdah „geil, gierig^, gäldah (RV.) ,brünstig*, da hierbei für die … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. burdö, p. 155]

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