The corpus record — Latin

lacerna1

lacerna1 · f

a kind of cloak which the Romans wore over the toga on journeys, or in damp and cold weather

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Where it lives

Epigrammata 29 · 5.15/10k
Helvius Pertinax 1 · 3.85/10k
Carus et Carinus et Numerianus 1 · 3.77/10k
Saturae 6 · 2.41/10k
Saturae 1 · 2.21/10k
Divus Claudius 1 · 1.57/10k
Alexander Severus 1 · 0.94/10k
Silvae 2 · 0.8/10k
Elegiae 2 · 0.79/10k
Divus Augustus 1 · 0.75/10k
Satyrarum libri 1 · 0.7/10k
Philippicae 2 · 0.38/10k

Densest 12 of 16 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. lăcerna — Lewis & Short

lăcerna, ae, f.cf. Gr. r(a/kos, and lacer,

I a kind of cloak which the Romans wore over the toga on journeys, or in damp and cold weather. To wear a lacerna in common was regarded as disgraceful: cum calceis et toga, nullis nec Gallicis nec lacerna, Cic. Phil. 2, 30, 76: negotium aedilibus dedit, ne quem paterenter in foro circove, nisi positis lacernis, togatum consistere, Suet. Aug. 40: cum Gallicis, inquit, et lacerna cucurristi, Gell. 13, 21, 6. Worn in the theatre as a protection against the weather, but thrown off on the appearance of the emperor, Suet. Claud. 6; Mart. 14, 137 lemm. Sometimes wrapped around the head: odoratum caput obscurante lacerna, Hor. S. 2, 7, 55; Vell. 2, 70, 2. Usually of white cloth, rarely black, Mart. 4, 2, 2 sqq.; Sen. Ep. 114, 21; v. also Amm. 14, 6, 9: foeda et scissa, Juv. 3, 148. Also used in the army, Prop. 4 (5), 3, 18; Ov. F. 2, 745; Vell. 2, 80, 3; Isid. Orig. 19, 24, 14: comitem trita donare lacerna, Pers. 1, 54; cf. Becker's Gallus, 3, p. 123 sq.; and v. Dict. Antiq. s. v.

2. Lăcerna — Lewis & Short

Lăcerna, ae, m.,

I the name of a rich charioteer, Juv. 7, 114.

3. lacerna — Walde–Hofmann

lacerna, -ae f. „mantelartiger Überwurf mit Kappe^ (seit Cic., lacernütus seit Vell, lacernula Arnob.): nach Curtius 160, Vaniöek 269 als „abgerissenes Stück Tuch“ zu lacer, ineinia (das bei Apul. auch das ganze Kleid bezeichnet). — Selbst wenn das Suffix etrusk. ist (s. caverna. oben S. 192 m. Lit; anders Johansson Beitr. 110), ist damit trotz Ernout BSL, 30, 94, Ernout-Meillet 490 nicht die etr. Herkunft des … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. lacerna, p. 775]

In the wild

lacernas Suetonius, Divus Claudius 6.1
lacernas Martial, Epigrammata 6.82.9
lacernas Martial, Epigrammata 2.43.7
lacerna Statius, Silvae 2.1.130
lacerna Horace, Satyrarum libri 2.7.55
lacernam Historia Augusta, Alexander Severus 42

6 of 53 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. lacerna (scan p. 360; entry #5642).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. lacerna (scan p. 775; entry #1468).

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