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hordeum

barley

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Where it lives

Medicamina faciei femineae 3 · 48.94/10k
Verus 1 · 4.86/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 36 · 4.57/10k
Antoninus Pius 1 · 4.46/10k
Divus Claudius 1 · 3.37/10k
De agri cultura 5 · 3.2/10k
Fabulae Aesopiae 3 · 2.74/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38 - 36 3 · 2.63/10k
Naturalis Historia 97 · 2.45/10k
Eclogues 1 · 2.2/10k
Metamorphoses 11 · 2.06/10k
de Origine et Situ Germanorum Liber 1 · 1.81/10k

Densest 12 of 38 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. hordeum — de Vaan

hordeum 'barley' [η. ο] (Ρ1.+; dial, fordeum) Derivatives: hordeaceus Of barley' (Cato+). Pit, *xor(s)di-ejo- 'barley'. IE cognates: Hit. karas- [n.] 'wheat, emmer-wheaf (< *ghersd-), Gr. κριύή, ep. nom.acc.sg. κρΐ 'barley', Aim. gari, gen. garwoy 'wheat' < *ghrjo-\ Alb. drithe 'cereal, grain' < *ghr(i)sD-; OS OHG gersta 'barley'. The form fordeum probably has a hypercorrect/·. Latin -eum suggests a stem *hordr with … — [de Vaan, s.v. hordeum, p. 302]

2. hordĕum — Lewis & Short

hordĕum (also ordeum, and arch. fordeum acc. to n.Sanscr. root ghars-, to rub, grind; O. H. Germ. Gers-ta,

Quint. 1, 4, 14), i.

I barley, Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 58; Cato, R. R. 35, 2; Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 6; Col. 2, 9, 3 sq.; Liv. 27, 13, 9; Suet. Aug. 24: frugibus legatis hordeum continetur, Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 78.—In plur., Verg. E. 5, 36; id. G. 1, 317; on account of this plur. he was abused by the poet Bavius; v. Bavius; cf. also: hordea et mulsa non alio vitiosa sunt, quam quod singularia pluraliter efferuntur. Quint. 1, 5, 16; plur. also Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 56.

3. hordeum — Walde–Hofmann

hordeum (dial. fordeum wie faedus, vgl. Quint. 1, 4, 14, Scaur. gr. VIL 11, 6 aus Varro), -5 n. „Gerste“ (seit Cato, rom., ebenso hordiolus m. „Gerstenkorn“ Marcell. med. (vlt. und rom. durch Kreuzung mit *variolus auch „Blattern“, Wagner Stud. 143]; vgl. noch höreia — horior. 657 hordeäcius „aus Gerste“ seit Cato, hordeärius seit Plin., hordior, -ärt „durch Gerstenfutter krank sein“ Pelagon.): aus *horzdeiom (idg. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. hordeum, p. 688]

In the wild

hordeo Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 22.25.p2
hordeo Julius Caesar, De Bello Civili 3.58.4
hordeum Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 2.9.8
hordei Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 23.praef.p2
hordeo Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 18.17.p4
hordeum Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 2.11.4

6 of 220 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. hordeum (scan pp. 302-303; entry #771). Root candidates: *ghersd-, *ghriT-.
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. hordeum (scan pp. 688-690; entry #1334). Root candidates: *jhers-, *con-, *he-.

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