1. ellychnĭum — Lewis & Short
ellychnĭum, ii, n., = e)llu/xnion,
I a lamp-wick, Plin. 23, 4, 41, § 84; 28, 11, 47, § 168; Vitr. 8, 1; Stat. S. 4, 9, 29.
The corpus record — Latin
ellychnium
ellychnium · n
a lamp-wick
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Where it lives
- Naturalis Historia 3 · 0.08/10k
What it meant
2. ellychnium — Walde–Hofmann
ellychnium, -; n. „Docht“ (seit Vitr. (rom. neben myza; echtlat. indmentum], vlt. licinium Gl, rom. *"ncinium [nach ?üz] und *Tüminium [nach Iümen], Wartburg III 215, Gamillscheg 574; über &logium — 1. em. 399 etwaige Nbf. inlunium Apic. s. Brandt Z. röm. Kochbuche, Phil. Suppl. XIX 3, S. 49. 50. 155): aus gr. éAAoyviov. ds. — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. ellychnium, p. 430]
In the wild
- ellychnia Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 35.15.p1
- ellychniis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 28.11.p4
- ellychnia Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 23.4.p3
Where it came from
- Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. ellychnium (scan p. 218; entry #3367).
- Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ellychnium (scan pp. 430-431; entry #1007).
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