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Cerdo

Cerdo · m

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What it meant

1. cerdo — Lewis & Short

cerdo, ōnis, m., = ke/rdwn [ke/rdos],

I a handicraftsman, Juv. 4, 153; 8, 182: sutor, a cobbler, Mart. 3, 59; cf. id. 3, 16.—
II A proper name, esp. of slaves, Dig. 38, 1, 42; Inscr. Orell. 4161.

2. cerdo — Walde–Hofmann

cerdo, -0nis m. „gemeiner Handwerksmann"* (egtor cerdö „Lohnschuster* usw.; seit vi entlehnt aus gr. *xépbuv (vgl Paul. Fest. 56, 14), ev. durch den Mimus, vgl. Képbuv (Herond.) „Charaktername für den profitwütigen Banausen* (Fick GGA. 1894, 239, Debrunner IF. 21, 20, Saalfeld); nicht urverwandt damit, sowie mit xépboc n. ,Gewiun, Vorteil^ (xepdlwv, xépbiToc „ersprießlichst*), xepbaAéog ,schlau*, xepbaÀén, xepdib … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. cerdo, p. 235]

Where it came from

  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. cerdo (scan p. 235; entry #618). Root candidates: *kerd-.

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