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gerres

gerres · m

an inferior salted seafish

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What it meant

1. gerres — Lewis & Short

gerres, is, m.,

I an inferior salted seafish, Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 148 Sill. (al. girres), Mart. 12, 32, 15; 3, 77, 7; cf.: gerres maini/des, Gloss. Philox.—Prov.: addere garo gerrem, i. e. to add to what is precious something worthless, Arn. 5, 188.

2. gerres — Walde–Hofmann

gerres (girr-), -is m. „ein kleiner, gering geschätzter Meerfisch* (seit Plin. [ebenso Demin. -icula], rom. „Schnauzenbrasse“): unsicherer Herkunft; Deutungsversuche von Bersu Gutt, 185, Wood AJPh. 49,168 (: Ydpoc, -ov, s. garum); Sütterlin IF. 29, 128 (: ahd. cresso, nhd. Kresse „Gründling“ [Walde-P. I 597]; unwrsch.). — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. gerres, p. 628]

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  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. gerres (scan p. 628; entry #1227).

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