1. cerrus — Lewis & Short
cerrus, i, f.,
I a kind of oak, Turkey oak, Col. 7, 9, 6; Plin. 16, 5, 6, § 17; 16, 6, 8, § 19; Vitr. 2, 8; Pall. 1, 9, 3; id. Febr. 18, 3.
The corpus record — Latin
cerrus
cerrus · f
a kind of oak
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Where it lives
- De Architectura 2 · 0.35/10k
- Naturalis Historia 7 · 0.18/10k
- Res Rustica, Books I-IX 1 · 0.13/10k
What it meant
2. cerrus — Walde–Hofmann
cerrus, i f. „Zerreiche“ (seit Vitr., rom.): nach Schuchardt Sbb. Wiener Ak. 188, 4. Abh. 18 f. hamitischer Herkunft (berber. -kerrus ,Eiche*) — Abzulehnen Fick I* 386, Thurneysen Thes. (: ir. cerr, s. unter cerritus); Ehrlich KZ. 40, 374f. Unt, 139 (aus *g*rísos zu OMM f. Steineiche* angebl. aus *g*rís-nos, vgl. cornus), — Walde- . 1524. — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. cerrus, p. 239]
Where it came from
- Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. cerrus (scan p. 140; entry #2063).
- Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. cerrus (scan p. 239; entry #623).
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