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cerebrum

brain

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Where it lives

Hamartigenia 4 · 6.26/10k
De Virginibus Velandis 2 · 3.59/10k
Adelphi 3 · 3.03/10k
Epigrammata Ausonii de diversis rebus 1 · 2.74/10k
C. Caligula 2 · 2.62/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 2.45/10k
De Providentia 1 · 2.44/10k
De Medicina 24 · 2.34/10k
De Anima 5 · 2.1/10k
De Corona 1 · 2.06/10k
Naturalis Historia 78 · 1.97/10k
De Cultu Feminarum 1 · 1.95/10k

Densest 12 of 49 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. cerebrum — de Vaan

cerebrum 'brain' [n. o] (PL+) > Derivatives: cerebellum 'brain' (Titin.+), cerebrosus '^passionate, enraged' (LuciL+). Pit. *kerasro-. PIE *kerh2-s-ro- [n.] 'brain' ('thing in the head'). IE cognates: Skt. siras, obi. sirsan'head, top', YAv. sarah- 'head', Gr. κάρα [n.], gen.sg. κράάτος 'id/, κάρηνα [pl.n.] 'head, top'; Gr. κέρας 'horn*; OHG hirn(i) < *lcerh2snio-, MDu. hersene 'brain'. Nussbaum 1986: 243 explains … — [de Vaan, s.v. cerebrum, p. 123]

2. cĕrē^brum — Lewis & Short

cĕrē^brum (per tmesin: saxo cerecomminuit-brum, Enn. ap. Don. p. 1777 P., and ap. i, n.root kar- of ka/rh, v. celsus init.; and root bharof fe/rw, fero; cf. Corss. Beitr. p. 354,

Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 412),

I the brain, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 19; Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 32; 5, 2, 7; Verg. A. 5, 413; 9, 419; Lucr. 6, 804; Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 19; Plin. 11, 37, 49, § 133 sq.; 33, 6, 34, § 102 et saep.—

B Meton., understanding, Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 30; Hor. S. 2, 3, 75; Phaedr. 1, 7, 2; Suet. Calig. 50.—Anger, choler, Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 25; cf. id. Bacch. 2, 3, 17: o te, Bolane, cerebri Felicem! ( = cerebrosus, passionate), Hor. S. 1, 9, 11.— *

II Transf. to plants, the pith in the upper part, Plin. 13, 4, 8, § 36.

3. cerebrum — Walde–Hofmann

cerebrum, -i n. „Gehirn“ (seit Enn. und Plaut, rom., ebenso cerebellum [Umgangsspr. 141, Goldberger Cl. 18, 26] seit Titin.; -ósus „hirnwätig“ seit Lucil): aus *feres-rom (Leumann-Stolz® 158) oder eher *£eras-rom, *keras-rom (Schmidt Pl. 364, Solmsen RhM. 53, 156; vgl. gr. kapápa ,Kopf* aus *xapac-pa, idg. "A,ros-; ferner kpaipo, eräbrö) „das im Kopf Befindliche* (vgl. zur Bed. gr. Ey-kapos, iyxp-os, éq-képaAov, d. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. cerebrum, p. 235]

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. cerebrum (scan pp. 123-124; entry #255). Root candidates: *kerasro-, *lcerh2snio-, *krh2sro-.
Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. cerebrum (scan p. 138; entry #2043).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. cerebrum (scan pp. 235-236; entry #620). Root candidates: *kpad-, *kors-, *kerson-.

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