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ficus

ficus

fig-tree; fig

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 28 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. ficus — de Vaan

ficus 'fig-tree; fig' [f. o] (PL+;ficus, -Us Varro+) Derivatives: ficula efig' (PL), ficulneus, ficulnus [adj.] 'of figs' (Cato+), ficedula small bird feeding on figs, beccafico' (Lucil.+), ficedulenses, -ium [pi J 'beccafico-men' (?\.\ficetum 'fig-orchard' (Varro+). IE cognates: Gr. σΰκον, Boeot. τυκον, Arm. t'owz 'fig'. Loanword from another language in the Mediterranean. The word may have been adopted into … — [de Vaan, s.v. ficus, p. 232]

2. fīcus — Lewis & Short

fīcus, i and ūs (

I dat. sing., gen., dat., and abl. plur., always of second decl.; in other cases of second or fourth; v. Neue, Formenl. 1, 532 sq.—Masc., Mart. 1, 65, 4; 7, 71, 6; Macr. S. 2, 16. The declension and gender were disputed even among the ancients; cf. Varr. L. L. 9, § 80 Müll.; Charis. p. 103 P.; Prisc. p. 713 ib.), f. etym. dub.; cf. su=kon, svukon, a fig-tree.
I Lit.: cortex levis fico, Plin. 16, 31, 55, § 126 sqq.: fici, quarum radices longissimae, id. 16, 31, 56, § 130: exceptā fico, id. 16, 26, 49, § 113: ficos mariscas in loco cretoso serito, Cato, R. R. 8, 1, v. marisca: homini Phrygi, qui arborem fici numquam vidisset, fiscinam ficorum objecisti, Cic. Fl. 17, 41: Ruminalis and Rumina, v. 1. Rumina, II. A. and B.: quod diceret, uxorem suam suspendisse se de ficu, Cic. de Or. 2, 69, 278 (for which Quintilian, in making the same statement: quod uxor sua e fico se suspendisset, Quint. 6, 3, 88): sub una ficu, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 21.— Poet.: pepedi diffissa nate ficus, i. e. ut ficus (cuius lignum magnopere fissile), Hor. S. 1, 8, 47.—
II Transf.
A The fruit of the fig-tree, a fig: fici dulciferae, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 103 P. (Ann. v. 71 ed. Vahl.): ficis victitamus aridis, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 59: Zacyntho ficos fieri non malas, id. Merc. 5, 2, 102: per ficos, quas edimus, Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 5: ex fici tantulo grano, Cic. de Sen. 15, 52: suamque pulla ficus ornat arborem, Hor. Epod. 16, 46: dum ficus prima calorque, etc., the first ripe figs (denoting the beginning of autumn), id. Ep. 1, 7, 5: pinguibus ficis pastum jecur anseris, id. S. 2, 8, 88: nux ornabat mensas cum duplice ficu, a split fig, id. ib. 2, 2, 122, v. also in the foll.—Ante- and post-class. in masc.: sicuti cum primos ficus propola recentes Protulit, Lucil. ap. Non. 154, 27: grossi, Macr. S. 2, 16.—
B The piles (from their shape): cum dixi ficus, rides quasi barbara verba, Et dici ficos, Caeciliane, jubes. Dicemus ficus, quas scimus in arbore nasci: Dicemus ficos, Caeciliane, tuas (al. tuos, v. the commentators, ad loc.), Mart. 1, 65, 4 (cf. the same sort of pun in another place, Mart. 7, 71).—Hence poet. transf., of one who has the piles, Mart. 4, 52, 2.

In the wild

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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. ficus (scan p. 232; entry #570). Root candidates: *uiko-.
  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. ficus (scan p. 301; entry #4731).

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