1. frĭtillus — Lewis & Short
frĭtillus, i, m.,
I a box from which the dice were thrown, a dice-box, Mart. 14, 1, 3; 4, 14, 8; Juv. 14, 5; Sen. Apocol. fin.
The corpus record — Latin
fritillus
fritillus · m
a box from which the dice were thrown
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Where it lives
- Apocolocyntosis 2 · 7.38/10k
- Epigrammata 5 · 0.89/10k
- Carmina 1 · 0.45/10k
- Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k
What it meant
2. fritillus — Walde–Hofmann
fritillus, - m. „Würfelbecher“ (= gr. piuöc, müpyos, s. fritillum; seit Sen.): vl. onomatopoetisch, zu fritinniö „vom Klappern der Würfel* (Walde LEW.* s, v.). — Nicht zu frutex (Wharton Et. lat. s. v.; Bed.) — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. fritillus, p. 582]
In the wild
- fritillis Sidonius Apollinaris, Carmina 23.491
- fritillus Martial, Epigrammata 13.1.7
- fritillis Martial, Epigrammata 4.14.8
- fritillo Martial, Epigrammata 5.84.3
- fritillo Martial, Epigrammata 14.1.3
- fritillus Martial, Epigrammata 11.6.2
6 of 9 attestations shown.
Where it came from
- Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. fritillus (scan p. 279; entry #4369).
- Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. fritillus (scan p. 582; entry #1172).
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