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horreum1

storehouse for grain

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Where it lives

Probus 2 · 4.85/10k
Oedipus 2 · 3.37/10k
de bello Gildonico 1 · 3.16/10k
Mosella 1 · 3.08/10k
Carmina 4 · 3.01/10k
De Lege Agraria 4 · 2.9/10k
Georgicon 4 · 2.83/10k
Gallieni Duo 1 · 2.72/10k
Contra Symmachum 3 · 2.5/10k
Ad Uxorem 1 · 2.41/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 7 3 · 2.27/10k
De Oratione 1 · 2.23/10k

Densest 12 of 65 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. horreum — de Vaan

horreum 'storehouse for grain' [η. ο] (Ρ1.+) No agreed etymology. It is tempting to compare the preforms *g?(o)r-to- and *ghor~ct1o- (> Lat hortus) and *gVrt" (> cohors) from a root *gher- 'to grab'. Even though no s-formationsfromthis root are known (as WH point out), it does not seem impossible that horreum goes back to a preform *ghr-so- > Pit. *xor-so- 'enclosed', since derivatives in *-SO~ were productive for a … — [de Vaan, s.v. horreum, p. 304]

2. horrĕum — Lewis & Short

horrĕum, i, n.cf.: farreum, farina,

I a storehouse; esp. for preserving grain, a barn, granary, magazine (syn.: sirus, granarium, cumera): illi Capuam cellam atque horreum Campani agri esse voluerunt, Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 89: si proprio condidit horreo, Quicquid de Libycis verritur areis, Hor. C. 1, 1, 9; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 8, § 20; Caes. B. C. 3, 42, 4: illius immensae ruperunt horrea messes, Verg. G. 1, 49; cf. Tib. 2, 5, 84: si, quicquid arat impiger Appulus, Occultare meis dicerer horreis, Hor. C. 3, 16, 27.—For other things: parcis deripere horreo amphoram? Hor. C. 3, 28, 7; Dig. 18, 1, 76: argentum, quod in domo, vel intra horreum usibus ejus fuit, ib. 34, 2, 33; 10, 4, 5; Col. 12, 52, 3.—In fig.: nunc argumentum vobis demensum dabo, non modio neque tri modio, verum ipso horreo, Plaut. Men. prol. 15.—Poet., of a beehive, Verg. G. 4, 250; of ant-burrows, Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 39.

3. Horrĕum — Lewis & Short

Horrĕum, i, n.,

I a city of Molossis in Epirus, of uncertain site, Liv. 45, 26, 10.

4. horreum — Walde–Hofmann

horreum, -i n. (-a f. Calid. frg. Non. 208, -us m. Inschr. 4. Jh.) „Vorratskammer, Scheune, Magazin, steinerner Speicher“ (seit Plaut., 42* 660 .hórsum — hospes. horredrius „Magazinaufseher“ seit Dig., -aticus [vgl. vineäticus usw.) Cod. Theod.): Et. unbekannt. Nicht überzeugend Ribezzo RIGI. 3, 255f. (samt Aöreia als *hörejom Deverbale eines *hörejö „bin leer, fasse [sic]! zu gr. yüpoc „leerer Platz“ usw., s. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. horreum, p. 691]

In the wild

6 of 148 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. horreum (scan p. 304; entry #777). Root candidates: *gher-.
Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. horreum (scan p. 324; entry #5118).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. horreum (scan pp. 691-692; entry #1338). Root candidates: *jher-.

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