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fŏrĭa

diarrhoea

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What it meant

1. foria — de Vaan

foria 'diarrhoea' [f. a] (Varro) Derivatives: foriolus csuffering from diarrhoea' (Lab.); conforire 'to defile with ordure' (Pompon.). Pit *foria-l WH tentatively propose a connection with a PIE root *dher- "to shit', which is otherwise only attested in enlarged form in other branches of IE: Lith. defkti cto make dirty' < *dher-k-, OIc. drita (dreit), OHG trlzan 'cacare' (maybe a Gm. rhyming formation to *sklta- 'to … — [de Vaan, s.v. foria, p. 247]

2. fŏrĭa — Lewis & Short

fŏrĭa, ae, f.,

I the flux, a disease of swine, Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 5; cf.: foria stercora liquidiora, Non. 114, 11. (Hence, foriolus and conforio.

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