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flustra

flustra · n

the usual quiet state of the sea

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Where it lives

De Pallio 1 · 2.92/10k
De bello Gallico 1 · 0.19/10k

What it meant

1. flustra — Lewis & Short

flustra, ōrum, n.id.,

I the usual quiet state of the sea, a calm (ante- and postclass.): flustra, motus maris sine tempestate fluctuantis. Naevius in bello Poenico quod ait: honorariae honestae stabant in flustris, ut si diceret in salo, Suet. Fragm. p. 425 ed. Bip. (reprinted ap. Müll. Fest. pp. 89, 382); cf.: flustra dicuntur, cum in mari fluctus non moventur, quam Graeci malaki/an vocant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 89 Müll.: mare de nustris temperatum, Tert. de Pall. 2.

2. flustra — Walde–Hofmann

flustra (-2-?), -órum n. „Grunddünung bei ruhiger See und schwachem Wind“ (seit Naev., vgl. Paul. Fest. 89): aus "flugs-trom zu fiuü, vgl flüxus aus *flüg-so- (Persson Beitr. 56, vgl. Corssen Krit. Beitr. 412, Osthoff KZ. 23, 314); nicht */lud-trom von der Wzf. von gr. pÀub- (Froehde BB. 1, 184) oder *fluvi-st(s)tro-m (zu stäre, Walde LEW.? s. v.; die Bed.-Angabe ,ruhende Flut“ bei Paul. Fest. ist ungenau). — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. flustra, p. 553]

In the wild

flustris Tertullian, De Pallio 2
flustra Julius Caesar, De bello Gallico 3.4.2

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. flustra (scan p. 267; entry #4181).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. flustra (scan p. 553; entry #1145).

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