The corpus record — Latin

fibula

that which serves to fasten two things together

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Where it lives

Divus Claudius 2 · 6.74/10k
De agri cultura 7 · 4.47/10k
Carus et Carinus et Numerianus 1 · 3.77/10k
De Pallio 1 · 2.92/10k
Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 2.88/10k
De Corona 1 · 2.06/10k
De vita Hadriani 1 · 1.95/10k
de Origine et Situ Germanorum Liber 1 · 1.81/10k
Psychomachia 1 · 1.67/10k
Tyranni Triginta 1 · 1.52/10k
De idolatria 1 · 1.45/10k
de raptu Proserpinae 1 · 1.43/10k

Densest 12 of 38 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

fībŭla — Lewis & Short

fībŭla (post-class. contr. fibla,

Apic. 8, 7; Inscr. Orell. 2952;

I plur. heterocl.: fibula, ōrum, n., Spart. Hadr. 10, 5), ae, f. contr. from figibula, from figo, that which serves to fasten two things together, a clasp, buckle, pin, latchet, brace.

I In gen.

A Lit.: ubi fibula vestem, Vitta coercuerat neglectos alba capillos, Ov. M. 2, 412; so on clothes (frequently set with gold and precious stones, and given as a mark of honor to deserving soldiers), Verg. A. 4, 139; 5, 313; 12, 274; Liv. 27, 19, 12; 39, 31, 18: fibula crinem Auro internectat, Verg. A. 7, 815: trabes binis utrimque fibulis ab extrema parte distinebantur, braces, * Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 6; Vitr. 1, 5: iligneae, ulmeae, etc., bands, fillets for making baskets, Cato, R. R. 31, 1.—

B Transf.: P. Blessus Junium hominem nigrum, et macrum, et pandum, fibulam ferream dixit, Quint. 6, 3, 58.— Trop.: sententia clavi aliquā vel fibulā terminanda est, connection, Fronto Laud. Fun. 1: laxare fibulam delictis voluntariis, bonds, fetters, Tert. Cor. Mil. 11.—

II In partic.

A A surgical instrument for drawing together the lips of a wound, Gr. a)gkth/r, Cels. 5, 26, 23; 7, 4.—

B A stitching-needle drawn through the prepuce, Cels. 7, 25, 3; Mart. 7, 82, 1; 11, 75, 8; Juv. 6, 73; 379; Sen. ap. Lact. 1, 16; Tert. Cor. Mil. 11; id. Pudic. 16.

In the wild

fibulas Cato, De agri cultura 3
fibulae Celsus, De Medicina 5.26.p25
fibula Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 6.5.4
fibula Ovid, Metamorphoses 14.394
fibula Sidonius Apollinaris, Carmina 5.18
fibula Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 1.433

6 of 76 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. fibula (scan p. 256; entry #3979).

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