1. fŭlĭca — Lewis & Short
fŭlĭca, ae (also fŭlix, ĭcis, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 8, 14), f.,
I a coot, a water-fowl, Plin. 11, 37, 44, § 122 al.; Verg. G. 1, 363; Ov. M. 8, 625.
The corpus record — Latin
fulica
fulica · f
a coot
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Where it lives
- Georgicon 1 · 0.71/10k
- Metamorphoses 1 · 0.13/10k
- Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k
What it meant
2. fulica — Walde–Hofmann
fulica, -ae f. (seit Afran.) und fulix, -scis f. (seit Cic.; vgl. striga : strix u. dgl.) „Art Wasservogel, Bläßhuhn* (seit Afran. und Fur. Ant. [/ulea, s. Skutsch Forsch. 113], beide Formen rom., Meyer-Lübke Einf.* 187; -ieulus Schol. Verg.): aus *bholi-k- mit (dial.?) « statt o (Sommer Hb,? 66 gegen Persson IF. 26, 60. Beitr. 569!) zu ahd. belihha,. belihho, nhd. Belche „Bläßhuhn“ (g-Suff. wie in fulihha „Fohlen“ … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. fulica, p. 591]
Where it came from
- Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. fulica (scan pp. 591-593; entry #1183). Root candidates: *bhel-, *düli-, *dAülinjo-.
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