1. grūmus — Lewis & Short
grūmus, i, m.,
I a little heap, hillock of earth: grumus terrae collectio minor tumulo, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.; Att. ap. Non. 15, 24; Col. 2, 17, 4; Vitr. 2, 1; 8, 3; Auct. B. Hisp. 24.
The corpus record — Latin
grumus
grumus · m
a little heap
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Where it lives
- Moretum, Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 12.92/10k
- De Bello Hispaniensi 2 · 3.3/10k
- De Architectura 4 · 0.69/10k
- Res Rustica, Books I-IX 1 · 0.13/10k
What it meant
2. grümus — Walde–Hofmann
grümus (ose. -mm-, vl. rom., Groth St. Etr. 6, 268), -5 m. , Erdhaufe, Hügel, Grenzmarke^ (seit Acc., rom., ebenso Demin. -wlus Plin): als „zusammengekratzte Erde“ nach Osthoff MU. 4, 124, Persson Wzerw. 124 zu gr. rpupgéd, -eiü „Tasche, Trödelware, Fischüberbleibsel (daraus erumine, s. d.), ypü-rn „Gerümpel, Fischüberbleibsel, Schmuckkasten“, ypO „das Schwarze unter dem Nagel" (eig. „ein Krümchen^); mhd. nhd. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. grümus, p. 655]
In the wild
- grumi Vitruvius, De Architectura 8.3.3
- grumos Appendix Vergiliana, Moretum, Appendix Vergiliana 47
- grumo Pseudo-Caesar, De Bello Hispaniensi 24
- grumosque Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 2.17.4
- grumorum Vitruvius, De Architectura 8.3.2
- grumos Vitruvius, De Architectura 2.1.5
6 of 8 attestations shown.
Where it came from
- Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. grumus (scan p. 307; entry #4828).
- Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. grümus (scan p. 655; entry #1278). Root candidates: *ger-, *gru-.
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