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gurdus

gurdus

blockhead, dolt

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What it meant

1. gurdus — de Vaan

gurdus 'blockhead, dolt' [m. o] (Lab-+) PR *g*ord-o- cheavy, stubborn*. PIE *gwrd-o-. IE cognates: Gr. βραδύς 'slow', Lith. gurdus 'id.', Latv. gurds 'tired', OCS grbdt,, Ru. gordyj 'proud, haughty' < BS1. *gur?du~. Quintilian calls gurdus of Spanish origin; while this might of course be true, there is no proof of this. Latin sometimes shows -ur- < *-f- after a labiovelar (Meiser 1998: 63), so that *gwrd-o- 'slow* > … — [de Vaan, s.v. gurdus, p. 289]

2. gurdus — Lewis & Short

gurdus, i, m.Spanish,

I a dolt, jolterhead, numskull: gurdos, quos pro stolidis accipit vulgus, ex Hispania duxisse originem audivi, Quint. 1, 5, 57; cf.: gurdus lentus, inutilis, Gloss. Isid.; Laber. ap. Gell. 16, 7, 8 (Com. Fragm. v. 13 Rib.).

3. gurdus — Walde–Hofmann

gurdus, -2, -um „stumpf“ (vom Eisen, Blei); ‚dumm, tölpelhaft“ (seit Laber., rom. [,steif, dick, fett“, nach Löfstedt Eran. 10, 164 u. Goldberger Gl. 20, 132? die Gbd. des Wortes]; davon gardönieus „bäurisch, linkisch* Sulp. Sev. [Thurneysen ZcPh. 2, 831.; vgl. maliönieus usw.]: nach Quint. 1, 5, 57 spanisches Wort (ohne triftige Gründe dagegen F. Schöll IF. 31, 313): wohl nach Holder I 2046 iberisch (doch ist bask. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. gurdus, p. 659]

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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. gurdus (scan pp. 289-290; entry #730). Root candidates: *gyerh3-, *gustu-, *gusto-.
  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. gurdus (scan p. 309; entry #4853).
  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. gurdus (scan p. 659; entry #1288). Root candidates: *mrdu-.

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