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fraxinus2

ash-tree

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Where it lives

Eclogues 2 · 4.41/10k
In Rufinum 1 · 1.75/10k
de raptu Proserpinae 1 · 1.43/10k
Contra Symmachum 1 · 0.83/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.75/10k
Naturalis Historia 28 · 0.71/10k
Georgicon 1 · 0.71/10k
Metamorphoses 5 · 0.64/10k
Thebais 4 · 0.64/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 4 · 0.51/10k
Epistulae 1 · 0.39/10k
Punica 2 · 0.26/10k

Densest 12 of 17 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. fraxinus — de Vaan

fraxinus 'ash-tree' [f. o] (Enn.+) Pit. *frakse}\no-. PIE *bhrHg-s-e/ino-. IE cognates: Skt. bhurja- 'kind of birch', Oss. bcerz I bcerza 'birch', OPr. berse, Lith. berzas, Latv. b$rzs, CS breza, Ru. bereza, OIc. bjgrk, OHG birihha 4 birch*. The quantity of the a is unknown, but Schrijver convincingly argues that short a is more likely. All existing etymologies start from the assumption that fraxinus is cognate with … — [de Vaan, s.v. fraxinus, p. 254]

2. fraxĭnus — Lewis & Short

fraxĭnus, i, f.,

I an ash-tree, ash, remarkable for its slenderness: Fraxinus excelsior, Linn.

I Lit., Plin. 16, 13, 24, § 62 et saep.; Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 195 ed. Vahl.): fraxinus in silvis pulcherrima, Verg. E. 7, 65; id. G. 2, 359; Hor. C. 3, 25, 16; Ov. M. 7, 677 al.—

II Transf., an ashen spear or javelin (cf.: fraxinea hasta, v. the prec. art.), Ov. M. 5, 143; 12, 122; 324; Stat. Th. 6, 102.

3. fraxĭnus — Lewis & Short

fraxĭnus, a, um, adj.1. fraxinus,

I of ash-wood, ashen (usually fraxineus): virga, Ov. H. 11, 76.

4. fraxinus — Walde–Hofmann

fraxinus (wohl à), + f. „Bergesche, Fraxinus excelsior“ (seit Enn., rom. [neben fräxus, s. u.], ebenso *-énetum ,Eschenhain*; fräxineus seit Verg., -us Adj. Ov.; aus früzinus entl alb. fraser, Jokl BA. 4, 2091): aus *bh.raj.s-enos neben farnus «, *farlalg-(s)nos (s. d.) zu al. bhürjah m. „Art Birke“, osset. bárz ds., ahd. birihha (*bheroj-jd). an. bjork (*bheraja) ds. dak. ON. Bersoria (Kretschmer Festschr. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. fraxinus, p. 576]

5. fräxinus — Walde–Hofmann

fräxinus, farnus sind urspr. Stoffadj., dann substantiviert wie ornus, auch rumpotinus (Oschoft Par. 181f., Niedermann Cl. 19, 15); spätl. (Pallad. und rom. fraxus ist Rückbldg. nach fäginus : fügus (Svennung Unters. 142). — Walde-P. IL 170f. — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. fräxinus, p. 576]

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. fraxinus (scan pp. 254-255; entry #626). Root candidates: *bherHg-, *brama-, *bhrem-.
Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. fraxinus (scan p. 276; entry #4326).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. fraxinus (scan p. 576; entry #1162). Root candidates: *farlalg-, *bheraj-, *bherög-.

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