1. flūta — Lewis & Short
flūta, ae, f.plwth/, the floater,
I a sort of large muraena, Varr. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12; id. R. R. 2, 6, 2; Col. 8, 17, 8.
The corpus record — Latin
flūta
flūta · f
a sort of large muraena
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What it meant
2. flüta — Walde–Hofmann
flüta, -ae f. „eine Muränenart“ (seit Varro): aus gr. mÀur! „Schwimmerin, die obenanschwimmende“ entlehnt mit lautlichem Anschluß an fluere, flütüre (Keil zu Varro r. r. 2, 6, 2, Keller Volkset. 55 usw,). — Aus mAwrr) durch Neuentlehnung und mit -£f- nach vlt. *plattus „flach“ (vgl. platessa) stammt piotta f. ,Cyprinus rutilus^ (Pol. Silv., rom., s. Thomas Rom. 35, 187f.; vgl. auch russ, plotvá plotica und — als … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. flüta, p. 553]
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