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lacinia

lacinia · f

the lappet, flap, edge

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Where it lives

Metamorphoses 24 · 4.5/10k
Satyricon 5 · 1.64/10k
Divus Claudius 1 · 1.57/10k
C. Caligula 1 · 1.31/10k
Nero 1 · 1.28/10k
Asinaria 1 · 1.24/10k
Apologia 1 · 0.47/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 2 · 0.25/10k
Res Gestae 3 · 0.24/10k
De Oratore 1 · 0.17/10k
Naturalis Historia 6 · 0.15/10k
Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 1 · 0.13/10k

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

lăcĭnĭa — Lewis & Short

lăcĭnĭa, ae, f.v. lacus, lacer,

I the lappet, flap, edge, or corner of a garment.

I Lit.: sume laciniam atque absterge sudorem tibi, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 16: aliquem lacinia tenere, id. As. 3, 2, 41: in lacinia servare ex mensa secunda semina, Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 7: consurgenti ei primum lacinia obhaesit, Suet. Ner. 19: togae, id. Calig. 35; id. Claud. 15.—

2 In gen., a garment (post-class.): detraxit umeris laciniam, Petr. S. 12; App. M. 3, p. 138; 6, p. 174; 11, p. 263; Macr. S. 2, 3; Vulg. Thren. 4, 14 et saep.—

B Transf.

1 Of cattle, the dewlap: laciniae dependentes, Plin. 8, 50, 76, § 202.—

2 A small piece or part: porrum et allium serunt in laciniis colligatum, Plin. 19, 7, 36, § 120: folii, id. 15, 30, 39, § 130: gregem in lacinias distribuere, Col. 7, 5, 3.—Hence, also, a small strip or spot of land: quoniam id oppidum velut in lacinia erat, Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 148; id. 36, 13, 19, § 85.—

II Trop.: aliquid obtinere laciniā, by the lappet, i. e. hardly, with difficulty, without a firm hold upon it, Cic. de Or. 3, 28, 110.

In the wild

6 of 48 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. lacinia (scan p. 360; entry #5646).

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