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incilis

incilis · adj

cut in

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What it meant

1. incīlis — Lewis & Short

incīlis, e, adj.contr. from incīdilis, from incido,

I cut in: fossae, i. e. ditches, trenches for carrying off water, Cato, R. R. 155, 1.— Far more freq.,
II Substt.
A incīle, is, n., a ditch, trench: incilia aperire, Cato, R. R. 155, 1: ducere incile, Dig. 43, 13, 1; App. M. 9, p. 221: in incili omnia adhaeserunt, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 5, 3.—
B incīlis, is, m., transl.: inciles diw/ruges (i. e. diw/ruxes), Gloss. Philox.

2. incilis — Walde–Hofmann

incilis (fossa) und incile, -is „Wasserabzugsgraben“ (seit Cato): aus *en-kaid-sli- „eingeschnitten, Einschnitt“ zu incidere, vgl. Ulp. dig. 43, 21, 1, 5 inctle est... locus d&pressus ad latus flüminis, ex eö dictus quod. ineidätur (vgl. auch inczlö und ancile, Leumann -1is 17). — Nicht nach Keller Volkset. 100. 258 aus gr. Éépkoikog „innen hohl* entlehnt. — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. incilis, p. 722]

Where it came from

  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. incilis (scan p. 338; entry #5330).
  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. incilis (scan p. 722; entry #1381).

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