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glaesum

glaesum · n

amber

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Where it lives

Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

1. glaesum — Lewis & Short

glaesum (glēsum, glessum), i, n.cf. Germ. Glas; gleissen = glänzen, to glimmer; Engl. glass,

I amber, Tac. G. 45; Plin. 37, 3, 11, § 42.—Hence, glaesārĭus, a, um, adj., of amber, amber-: insula, which produces amber, Plin. 4, 13, 27, § 97; 37, 3, 11, § 42.

2. glaesum — Walde–Hofmann

glaesum, richtiger glesum, -i n. ,Bernstein* iei Plin vgl. — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. glaesum, p. 636]

In the wild

glaesum Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 37.3.p1

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. glaesum (scan p. 300; entry #4700).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. glaesum (scan p. 636; entry #1242).

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