The corpus record — Latin

gelicidium

gelicidium · n

frost

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Where it lives

Res Rustica, Books I-IX 9 · 1.14/10k
De Architectura 6 · 1.04/10k
De agri cultura 1 · 0.64/10k

What it meant

gĕlĭcĭdĭum — Lewis & Short

gĕlĭcĭdĭum, ii, n.gelu-cado,

I frost, krumo/s (mostly in plur): si gelicidia erunt, cum oleam coges, Cato, R. R. 65, 2; so plur., Col. 2, 8, 3; 3, 1, 7; 11, 3 fin.; Vitr. 2, 7 med.: nocturna, night-frosts, Col. 11, 2, 6.— In sing., Varr. R. R. 1, 55, 2.

In the wild

gelicidiorum Vitruvius, De Architectura 2.7.3
gelicidia Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 4.29.3
gelicidiis Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 5.10.21
gelicidiis Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 2.8.3
gelicidiis Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 3.1.7
gelicidia Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 7.3.25

6 of 16 attestations shown.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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