1. cārex — Lewis & Short
cārex, ĭcis, f.,
I reed-grass, rush, or sedge, Verg. G. 3, 231; Cat. 19, 2; Col. 11, 2, 62; Pall. 1, 22.
The corpus record — Latin
carex
carex · f
reed-grass
Generated live from the audited Latin corpus — every figure on this page is a database query, not prose from memory.
Where it lives
- Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 36.9/10k
- De Re Coquinaria 3 · 1.91/10k
- Georgicon 1 · 0.71/10k
- Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 1 · 0.08/10k
What it meant
2. cärex — Walde–Hofmann
cärex (hss. auch -iz nach filix), -icis f. „Riedgras“ (seit Verg. rom., ebenso cärectum n. „mit Rıedgras bestandener Platz“ seit Verg., Leumann-Stolz 228): Et. unsicher. Vl. nach Bersu Gutt. 173, Walde LEW.? s. v. zweifelnd, Muller Ait. W. 74 als , kratzend, stechend" von earrere, *cärere „krämpeln“, Suff. nach frutex u. dgl. (vgl. das Beiwort acta und saepes spinösa Aug. serm. 137, 11, 13, ferner sentis … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. cärex, p. 199]
In the wild
- caricis Apicius, De Re Coquinaria 6.293
- carice Vergil, Georgicon 3.231
- caricisque Appendix Vergiliana, Appendix Vergiliana 3.2
- caricis Apicius, De Re Coquinaria 6.295
- caricis Seneca, Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 11_13.87.3
- caricis Apicius, De Re Coquinaria 6.294
Where it came from
- Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. cärex (scan p. 199; entry #568).
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