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favilla

ashes

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Where it lives

Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 9.12/10k
Dittochaeon 1 · 8.17/10k
Panegyricus dictus Manlio Theodoro consuli 1 · 4.65/10k
Parentalia 1 · 3.85/10k
Carminum minorum corpusculum 3 · 3.55/10k
de raptu Proserpinae 2 · 2.87/10k
Peristephanon Liber 5 · 2.85/10k
Cathemerina 2 · 2.72/10k
Contra Symmachum 3 · 2.5/10k
de Bello Gothico 1 · 2.48/10k
Ausonii Burdigalensis Vasatis Gratiarum Actio Ad Grati Angratianum Imperatorem Pro Consulatu 1 · 2.41/10k
Silvae 6 · 2.4/10k

Densest 12 of 42 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. favilla — de Vaan

favilla 'ashes' [f. a\ (Ter.+) Pit *fawV~. PIE *dhouH-V- 'smoke / smoking'. WH and EM do not doubt the appurtenance of favilla to foveo 'make warm' < 'burn'; WH reconstruct *fouilla, EM *ctgwh- >fav-. Schrijver 1991 argues that "the obscure formation" (in -ilia) "and technical meaning of the word" render it likely that it is a non-native word. In any case, the sequence fav- would conflict with^bv- if both were from … — [de Vaan, s.v. favilla, p. 220]

2. făvilla — Lewis & Short

făvilla, ae, f.Sanscr. root bhā-, to shine; Gr. fa-, fw=s, etc., cf. Lat. fax,

I hot cinders or ashes, glowing ashes, embers (cf. cinis).

I Lit. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): ibi favillae plena coquendo sit faxo (psaltria). Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 60: scintillas agere ac late differre favillam, Lucr. 2, 675; cf. Ov. M. 7, 80; and: cum contectus ignis ex se favillam discutit scintillamque emittit, Plin. 18, 35, 84, § 358: candens, Verg. A. 3, 573: cana, Ov. M. 8, 525: e carbone restincto favilla digito sublata, Plin. 26, 11, 72, § 118: cinis e favilla et carbonibus ad calefaciendum triclinium illatus, Suet. Tib. 74: nihil invenit praeter tepidam in ara favillam, id. Galb. 18: vi pulveris ae favillae oppressus est. (Plinius), Suet. Fragm. Hist., ed. Roth, p. 301.—

2 In partic., the ashes of the dead still glowing: corporis favillam ab reliquo separant cinere, Plin. 19, 11, 4, § 19: ibi tu calentem Debita sparges lacrima favillam Vatis amici, Hor. C. 2, 6, 23; Tib. 3, 2, 10; Prop. 1, 19, 19; Verg. A. 6, 227; Ov. F. 3, 561.—

B Transf.: salis, powder of salt, Plin. 31, 7, 42, § 90.—*

II Trop., a glimmering spark, i. e. beginning, origin: haec est venturi prima favilla mali, Prop. 1, 9, 18.

3. favilla — Walde–Hofmann

favilla (-i-?), -ae f. „Asche“, urspr. und hauptsächl. ,glühende Asche, Flugasche“ (so noch rom., z. T. kontaminiert mit faligö, fanfaluca; vgl. z. B. Verg. Aen. 6, 227 [Norden Komm.? 196], Prop. 1, 9, 18, Stat. Theb. 12, 43; opp. einis „feste, erkaltete Asche^ Suet. Tib. 74); übtr. ,durch Verdunstung abgesonderte Salzasche^ (PlinJ; spüd. „Staub“ (seit Ter., rom. [neben faill«, Leumann-Stolz® 116, und *fallive, … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. favilla, p. 498]

In the wild

favillas Prudentius, Hamartigenia 1.768
favillis Prudentius, Peristephanon Liber 10.863
favilla Vergil, Aeneid 3.573
favillas Sidonius Apollinaris, Carmina 7.564
favillis Claudian, de Bello Gothico 1.24
favillas Claudian, In Eutropium 2.20.549

6 of 112 attestations shown.

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. favilla (scan pp. 220-221; entry #535). Root candidates: *dhuH-, *paumo-, *dhegvh-.
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. favilla (scan pp. 498-500; entry #1082). Root candidates: *fohm-, *bhü-, *dhau-.

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