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hara

hara

small enclosure for domestic animals, pigsty

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What it meant

1. hara — de Vaan

hara 'small enclosure for domestic animals, pigsty' [f. a[ (PL+) The preform *ghr-h2- (morphologically difficult) to the root *gher- *to grab' (cf cohors) as given by WH, is impossible: this would yield *hora. No etymology. BibL: WH 1:634, EM 289. — [de Vaan, s.v. hara, p. 293]

2. hăra — Lewis & Short

hăra, ae, f.,

I a pen or coop for animals: anserum, a goose-pen, Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 3 sq.; Col. 8, 14, 5; Plaut. As. 2, 4, 24 al.; a hog-stye, Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 14; Col. 7, 9, 9; Ov. H. 1, 104; cf.: confer nunc, Epicure noster, ex hara producte, non ex schola, confer, etc., Cic. Pis. 16, 37: hara suis, as a term of reproach, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 39.

3. hara — Walde–Hofmann

hara, -ae f. „Stall, bes. Schweinestall“ (Don. Ter. Phorm. 710 in qud pecora includuntur) (seit Plaut, rom., ebenso *harula): aus *jher-à Einhegung^ zu cohors (s. d.), hortus, Wz. *jher- „(um)- fassen“ (Curtius 200, Vanitek 93, Persson Wzerw. 49 [mit unsicherer Heranziehung von gr. xop6s ,Tanzplatz^, ydp-a£ „Pfahl“; der Germanenname, Loewenthal PBB. 54, 156, bleibt fern). — Nicht zu harena (Muller Ait. Wb. 125; … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. hara, p. 666]

In the wild

6 of 19 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. hara (scan p. 293; entry #745). Root candidates: *gher-.
  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. hara (scan p. 313; entry #4924). Root candidates: *gher-.
  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. hara (scan p. 666; entry #1297). Root candidates: *jher-.

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