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gremium

gremium

lap or bosom; interior

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 88 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. gremium — de Vaan

gremium 'lap or bosom; interior' [η. ο] (Ρ1.+) Pit, *gre/w-o-. PIE *h2gr-em- 'to gather'? IE cognates: Skt, grama- [m.] 'train, troop', gram{l}ya'relating to a village', Sogd. yr'tn'k 'riches', MP gratnag "wealth, property5, Khwar. yr'm 'weight, burden1 < Ilr. *(H)grama-\ Gr. όγείρω 'to gather'; Lith. gritmulas 'lump', OCS gramada 'heap, pile', SO. gramada 'clod, pile of firewood1 < PS1. *gramada < PIE *h2gr-5m-; … — [de Vaan, s.v. gremium, p. 286]

2. grĕmĭum — Lewis & Short

grĕmĭum, ii, n.Sanscr. garbh-as, child; cf. germen,

I the lap, bosom (freq. and class.; cf. sinus).
I Lit.: in gremium imbrem aureum (mittere), Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 37: (Juppiter) puer lactens Fortunae in gremio sedens, mammam appetens, Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86; id. Brut. 58, 211; id. Leg. 2, 25, 63; Cat. 45, 2; Verg. A. 11, 744 al.—Poet.: quiipse sui gnati minxerit in gremium, i. e. has dishonored his son's wife, Cat. 67, 30.—
II Transf.: terra gremio mollito et subacto semen sparsum excipit, Cic. de Sen. 15, 51: Aetolia medio fere Graeciae gremio continetur, i. e. in the heart, centre, id. Pis. 37, 91: in gremio Thebes, Sil. 3, 678: e gremio Capuae, id. 12, 204; cf.: Padus gremio Vesuli montis profluens, from the bowels, Plin. 3, 16, 20, § 117: molarum, Verg. M. 23: fluminis, Sil. 8, 192: excusso in mediam curiam togae gremio, Flor. 2, 6, 7: haec sunt, o carnifex, in gremio sepulta consulatus tui, Cic. Pis. 5, 11: abstrahi e sinu gremioque patriae, id. Cael. 24, 59: in fratris gremio, id. Clu. 5, 13: quaecumque mihi fortuna fidesque est, In vestris pono gremiis, Verg. A. 9, 261: fingamus igitur Alexandrum dari nobis impositum gremio, i. e. under our guidance, Quint. 1, 1, 24; 1, 2, 1; 2, 4, 15; 2, 5, 5: quis gremio Enceladi affert quantum meruit labor? Juv. 7, 215.

3. gremium — Walde–Hofmann

gremium, -i n. „Schoß“, spätl. (seit Itala) und rom. auch „Armvoll, Bündel, Garbe* (was man im Schoß fassen kann, Schwyzer Festschr. Wackernagel 288); seit Plin. jun. auch „Tribunal“ u. dgl. (Compernass Gl. 8, 90£.; seit Enn. rom.; davon gremiälis Dig.? Funsicher, 8. Thes.}}: nach Lidén Stud. 15f., Persson Beitr. 98 ff. als „Umfassung, Umspannung mit den Armen“ bzw. „Körperstelle, an die man zusammengeraflte … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. gremium, p. 653]

In the wild

6 of 230 attestations shown.

Where it came from

  • de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. gremium (scan pp. 286-287; entry #722). Root candidates: *grom-, *grem-, *gwreg-.
  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. gremium (scan p. 307; entry #4819).
  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. gremium (scan pp. 653-655; entry #1275). Root candidates: *grem-, *ger-, *glem-.

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