The corpus record — Latin

hirnea

hirnea · f

a jug

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Where it lives

Amphitruo 2 · 2.03/10k
De agri cultura 2 · 1.28/10k
Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k
Epigrammata 1 · 0.18/10k
De Medicina 1 · 0.1/10k

What it meant

1. hirnĕa — Lewis & Short

hirnĕa (also irnea), ae, f.,

I a jug for holding liquids, Cato, R. R. 81; Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 273; 276.

2. hirnea — Walde–Hofmann

hirnea, -ae f. „Krug (als Trinkgefäß); Asch (als Backform)" (seit Plaut. und Cato, Demin. kirniola Diom. gr. 1326, 22; vgl. irnela [d.i. hirnella?, Lindsay z. St] ‘räsis genus in sacris Paul. Fest. 105): als Dialektform identisch mit (h)erneum „Art Kuchen“ (s. oben S. 415 f.). — Weitere Anknüpfung gänzlich unsicher; kaum zu ai. ghafah „Krug, Topf“ (vgl. Vendryes MSL. 20, 277) oder zu *jher- „fassen“ in cohors usw. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. hirnea, p. 683]

In the wild

6 of 7 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. hirnea (scan p. 320; entry #5051).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. hirnea (scan p. 683; entry #1321). Root candidates: *jher-.

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