1. gingiva — de Vaan
gingiva 'flesh around the teeth, the gum' [f. a] (Cat+) Etymology unknown, IEW compares words such as Gr. γογγύλος 'round', Lith. — [de Vaan, s.v. gingiva, p. 276]
The corpus record — Latin
gingiva
gingiva
flesh around the teeth, the gum
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Where it lives
- De Medicina 18 · 1.76/10k
- Carmina 2 · 1.55/10k
- Naturalis Historia 39 · 0.98/10k
- Apologia 1 · 0.47/10k
- Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k
- Metamorphoses 1 · 0.19/10k
What it meant
2. gĭngīva — Lewis & Short
gĭngīva, ae, f.,
I a gum: inter dentem et gingivam, Cels. 6, 13; cf. Cat. 39, 19; so in sing., Plin. 30, 3, 8, § 26; Juv. 10, 200.— In plur., Cels. 6, 13; 7, 12; 2, 1; 2, 7 et saep.; Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 37; 30, 3, 8, § 24; Cat. 97, 6.
In the wild
- gingiva Celsus, De Medicina 7.12.p1
- gingivis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 8.30.p2
- gingivis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 23.4.p6
- gingivam Celsus, De Medicina 6.13.p2
- gingivis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 30.3.p2
- gingivis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 30.15.p2
6 of 62 attestations shown.
Where it came from
- Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. gingiva (scan p. 276; entry #686).
- Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. gingiua (scan p. 299; entry #4691).
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