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fovea

pit

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Where it lives

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Peristephanon Liber 2 · 1.14/10k
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De Rerum Natura 1 · 0.21/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.19/10k

Densest 12 of 16 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. fovea — de Vaan

fovea 'pit' [£ a] (P1.+) Derivatives: favlsae/favissae [f.pL] 'vaults, subterranean chambers' (GeL+). The connection with Gr. χειά, Η. χειή 'serpent's den' must be dismissed. It is uncertain that fovea anafavisae belong together, as their etymology is unknown. Bibl.: WH I: 538, EM 250, IEW 451, Schrijver 1991: 448. foveO 'to make or keep warm; to relieve* [v. II; ρΐ.βνϊ, ppp. Jotum] (P1.+) Derivatives: Joculum … — [de Vaan, s.v. fovea, p. 251]

2. fŏvĕa — Lewis & Short

fŏvĕa, ae, f.kindred with favissae,

I a small pit, esp. for taking wild beasts, a pit fall (syn.: scrobs, specus: fossa, etc.).

I Lit.

A In gen.: (humor) ut in foveam fluat, Lucr. 2, 475: (cadavera) Donec humo tegere ac foveis abscondere discunt, Verg. G. 3, 558.—Transf.: genitales feminae, i. e. the womb, Tert. Anim. 19.—

B In partic., a pitfall, pit (class.): tetra belua, quae quoniam in foveam incidit, etc., Cic. Phil. 4, 5, 12; Lucr. 5, 1250; Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 50; id. A. P. 459: anates in foveas delapsae, Plin. 10, 38, 54, § 112.—

II Trop., a snare (Plautin.): ita decipiemus fovea leonem Lycum, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 59; id. Pers. 4, 4, 45; cf.: ex iisdem foveis emergentes, conspiracy, Amm. 14, 9, 1,

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. fovea (scan p. 251; entry #612).

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