1. eglecopala — Lewis & Short
eglecopala, ae, f., a Gallic name for
I blue marl, Plin. 17, 8, 4, § 46.
The corpus record — Latin
eglecopala
eglecopala · f
blue marl
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Where it lives
- Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k
What it meant
2. eglecopala — Walde–Hofmann
eglecopala, -ae f. „blauer Mergel“, gall. nach Plin. 17, 46: unerkl.; phantastisch Ostir Vogeln. 66. egó „ich“ (seit Liv. Andr., vlt. und rom. eo, Wartburg II 207; bei Plt. noch egö neben egó, das nach dem IKG. gekürzt ist; stets egö quidem, s. Lindsay Early lat. verse 158, Sommer KE. 113), fal. eko, ego, wohl auch o. flv „ego?“ (s. zuletzt Sommer IF. 38, 1711£, dazu Festschr. Streitberg 378 m. Lit. zu anderen … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. eglecopala, p. 427]
In the wild
- eglecopalam Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 17.8
Where it came from
- Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. eglecopala (scan pp. 427-429; entry #998). Root candidates: *ej-.
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