The corpus record — Latin

gemursa

gemursa · f

a small swelling between the toes

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Where it lives

Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

gĕmursa — Lewis & Short

gĕmursa, ae, f.Gr. ge/mw, to be full; cf. gemo,

I a small swelling between the toes (ante-class.): morbus, quem gemursam appellavere prisci, inter digitos pedum nascentem, Plin. 26, 1, 5, § 8; cf.: gemursa sub minimo digito pedis tuberculum, quod gemere faciat eum, qui id gerat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 95 Müll.

In the wild

gemursam Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 26.1.p5

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. gemursa (scan p. 293; entry #4595).

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