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glossema

glossema · n

an antiquated

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Where it lives

Institutio Oratoria 1 · 0.06/10k

What it meant

glossēma — Lewis & Short

glossēma, ătis, n., = glw/sshma,

I an antiquated or foreign word needing explanation: circa glossemata etiam, id est voces minus usitatas, non ultima ejus professionis diligentia, Quint. 1, 8, 15: camillam (apud Ennium), qui glossemata interpretati, dixerunt administram, Varr. L. L. 7, § 34 Müll.: glossemata nobis praecipit, Asin. ap. Suet. Gramm. 22.—Hence, Glos-sēmăta, ōrum, n., a name given to collections of such words with explanations: naucum ait Aelius Stilo omnium rerum putamen: Glossematorum autem scriptores, etc., Fest. s. v. naucum, p. 166, b Müll: ocrem antiqui, ut Ateius Philologus in libro Glossematorum refert, etc., id. s. v. ocrem, p. 181, a.

In the wild

glossemata Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 1.8.15

Where it came from

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