The corpus record — Latin

forda

carrying, pregnant (of cows)

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Where it lives

Fasti 2 · 0.64/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 2 · 0.25/10k

What it meant

1. forda — de Vaan

forda 'carrying, pregnant (of cows)' [adj. a] (Varro+; also horda) Derivatives: fordicldia> -drum [n.pl.] 'festival at which pregnant cows were sacrificed' (Vam>+). Pit. *for(i)da-. PIE *bhori-d- 'giving birth'? IE cognates: Lith. ber(g)zdzias 'barren (of a cow)', ber(g)zdi 'barren cow', RuCS brezda, brez(d)a 'pregnant', Ru. berezaja (dial,) 'mare in foaF < *bherdio- 'carrying, pregnant'. The initial syllable of the … — [de Vaan, s.v. forda, p. 246]

2. forda — Lewis & Short

forda, ae, f., v. fordus.

In the wild

forda Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 6.24.3
forda Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 6.24.4
forda Ovid, Fasti 4.630
forda Ovid, Fasti 4.631

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. forda (scan pp. 246-247; entry #601). Root candidates: *bherdio-, *bhori-, *bher-.

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