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cataplasma

cataplasma · n

abl. sing. cataplasmo, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 311, 25, and dat. and abl. plur. cataplasmis, Cels. 7, 26, 5; 4, 4, 3; 4, 7…

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Where it lives

Metamorphoses 1 · 0.19/10k
De Medicina 1 · 0.1/10k

What it meant

cătăplasma — Lewis & Short

cătăplasma, ătis, n., cătăplasmus; only

Veg. 2, 14 (abl. cataplasmatibus, Veg. 3, 25; access. form

I abl. sing. cataplasmo, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 311, 25, and dat. and abl. plur. cataplasmis, Cels. 7, 26, 5; 4, 4, 3; 4, 7, 2; Veg. 2, 3 b; 5, 2, 2; cf. Schneid. Gr. p. 267), = kata/plasma; in medicine, a poultice, plaster, cataplasm, Cels. 3, 19, and l. l.; Plin. 20, 17, 73, § 191; 36, 17, 28, § 133; Veg. 2, 14, 2.

In the wild

cataplasmatibus Apuleius, Metamorphoses 5.10
cataplasmatibus Celsus, De Medicina 4.29

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. cataplasma (scan p. 129; entry #1883).

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