1. gerdĭus — Lewis & Short
gerdĭus, ii, m., = ge/rdios,
I a weaver (ante- and post-class.), Lucil. ap. Non. 118, 10; Firm. 8, 25 med.
The corpus record — Latin
gerdĭus
gerdĭus · m
a weaver
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What it meant
2. gerdius — Walde–Hofmann
gerdius, - m. „Weber“ (seit Lucil.; vgl. gr. hell. yépbioc oder vepbtóg ds., yepdiarva Pap., yepbia "textriz? Gl): nach Ehrlich 2. idg. Sprehgesch, 62f, als „Flechter“ aus *gerzdjos (vgl. zum Lautl. hordeum) zu gr. Téppov n, „geflochtener Schild, gefl. Wagenkorb* u. dgl. (*repoyov; daraus 1. gerra, s. d.), ydppa, mak. ydpxa „Rute“, Ydpoava* qpüyava. Kpfyrec Hes. (*grso-), wozu nach Lidén Stud. 7 f. an. kjarr n., … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. gerdius, p. 626]
Where it came from
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