1. glīsomarga — Lewis & Short
glīsomarga (glisso-, or glysso-), ae, f.,
I a kind of marl, Plin. 17, 8, 4, § 46.
The corpus record — Latin
glisomarga
glisomarga · f
a kind of marl
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Where it lives
- Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k
What it meant
2. glisomarga — Walde–Hofmann
glisomarga (-i-?, s. u.), -ae f. „Gleißmergel“ (Plin. 17, 46 genus candidae |sc. margae) ... est... créta. fullónia mixta pinguis terrà; rom. *glisa, *glésa [frz. glise, glaise „Tonerde“, Gamillscheg 471; anders Meyer-Lübke n. 3788): wie acawno-marga ,Steinmergel^ (s. d. und morga) gall. Wort (Diefenbach Or. eur. 381, Holder I 2028, Dottin 260); wenn mit ; aus älterem ei (Gamillscheg a. O.; doch vgl. Pedersen 1 58), … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. glisomarga, p. 640]
In the wild
- glisomargam Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 17.8
Where it came from
- Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. glisomarga (scan p. 301; entry #4719).
- Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. glisomarga (scan pp. 640-641; entry #1247). Root candidates: *glis-, *ghleis-, *jhel-.
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