The corpus record — Latin

excetra

excetra · f

a snake

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Where it lives

De Patientia 1 · 2.21/10k
Casina 1 · 1.29/10k
Persa 1 · 1.27/10k
Pseudolus 1 · 0.9/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.19/10k
Ab urbe condita 1 · 0.02/10k

What it meant

excē^tra — Lewis & Short

excē^tra, ae, f.perh. corrupted from e)/xidna,

I a snake, serpent (very rare).

I Prop., Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 3 sq.; * Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 9, 22.—

II Transf., a reproachful epithet for a bad, intriguing woman, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 19; id. Ps. 1, 2, 82; Liv. 39, 11.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. excétra (scan p. 229; entry #3559).

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