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ervum

ervum · n

a kind of pulse

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Medicamina faciei femineae 1 · 16.31/10k
De agri cultura 4 · 2.56/10k
Eclogues 1 · 2.2/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 17 · 2.16/10k
Mostellaria 2 · 2.08/10k
De Medicina 10 · 0.98/10k
Satyrarum libri 1 · 0.7/10k
Naturalis Historia 27 · 0.68/10k
Epistulae ad Familiares 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

1. ervum — Lewis & Short

ervum (her-), i, n.Gr. e)re/binqos, o)/robos; root, ar- for al-; cf. alo,

I a kind of pulse, the bitter vetch, ervum ervilia, Linn.; Verg. E. 3, 100 Voss.; Col. 2, 10, 34; 11, 2, 10; Pall. Jan. 8; Ov. Med. fac. 55; Hor. S. 2, 6, 117.

2. ervum — Walde–Hofmann

ervum, -i n. ,eine Árt Wicke, Ervum ervilia L.^ (seit Plaut., rom. [wie cicer „Kichererbse“ und pisum „Erbse“ aus gr. nioov, s. d.] neben erum !Cl.] und gallorom. ereus, -oris [Ven. Fort.], Meyer-Lübke Einf. 167. 184, Wartburg III 243, Stolz-Schmalz* 17), ervilia (i- Ser. Samm., h- Ed. Diocl), -ae f. „Art Kichererbse* (vgl. Paul. Fest. 82; seit Varro, rom): aus *er(e)uom, *ereg*(h)om : r. ópofoc m. ,Kichererbse" … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. ervum, p. 451]

Where it came from

Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ervum (scan pp. 451-452; entry #1030). Root candidates: *arawait-.

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