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Flemina

Flemina · n

a bloody swelling

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What it meant

1. flēmĭna — Lewis & Short

flēmĭna, um, n. (=flegmonh),

I a bloody swelling or congestion of blood about the ankles; flemina dicuntur, cum ex labore viae sanguis defluit circa talos, Paul. ex Fest. p. 89 Müll.: lassitudine invaserunt misera in genua flemina, Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 5: bryonia in jumento homineque flemina sanat, Plin. 23, 1, 17, § 28.

2. flemina — Walde–Hofmann

flemina, -um n. (-n Sg. Chiron) „Krampfadern, entzündete Geschwulst um die Knöchel“ (Paul. Fest. 89; seit Plaut., -0sus Chiron): die völlige Identität der Bed. sowie das später neuentlehnte flegmon (vgl. z. B. flamen Chiron 107 — flegmon Veg. 2, 48, 6; flamina Pelagon. 197 — flegmonem Veg. 2, 48, 5) sprechen für Entlehnung (nicht Urverwandtschaft, so Vanitek 191, Fick 1* 494; Gdf. wäre *fleg-emond) aus gr. pAeyuovh … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. flemina, p. 547]

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Where it came from

  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. flemina (scan p. 547; entry #1136). Root candidates: *bhel-, *bhlei-, *bhlö-.

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