1. hernĭa — Lewis & Short
hernĭa, ae, f.perhaps from e)/rnos, sprout, like ramex from ramus,
I a rupture, hernia, Cels. 7, 18; 13; Mart. 3, 24, 10.
The corpus record — Latin
hernĭa
hernĭa · f
a rupture
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What it meant
2. hernia — Walde–Hofmann
hernia, -ae f. ,Leibschaden, Bruch“ (= &vrepoxrjAn, Cels. 7, 18, 3) (seit Verg. [vulgär auch Airnea, vgl. das Wortspiel Verg. catal. 12, 8]; davon herniösus [vgl rämit-, iliósus usw.) „mit Bruch behaftet“ seit Verg. [hss. auch hirn-), herniacus ds. CE. 358, 2 [nach eveliacus, Bücheler z. St.]: s. haruspex (Curtius 203, Vanicek 96); zum Suff. vgl. an. gorn „Darm“, Pl. gernar „Eingeweide*, lit. Zarnà (Akk. Zärng) … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. hernia, p. 675]
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