gnōmon — Lewis & Short
gnōmon, ŏnis, m., = gnw/mwn,
I the pin or style of a sundial, the gnomon, Plin. 2, 72, 74, § 182; Vitr. 1, 6; 9, 8; Mart. Cap. 6, 194.
The corpus record — Latin
gnomon
gnomon · m
the pin
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Where it lives
- De Architectura 20 · 3.47/10k
- Naturalis Historia 12 · 0.3/10k
What it meant
In the wild
- gnomoni Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 6.34.p7
- gnomoni Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 6.34.p4
- gnomonis Vitruvius, De Architectura 9.1.1
- gnomonis Vitruvius, De Architectura 1.6.12.p2
- gnomonis Vitruvius, De Architectura 1.6.6
- gnomonem Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 2.72.p1
6 of 32 attestations shown.
Where it came from
- Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. Gnomon (scan p. 551; entry #9033).
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