1. langa — Lewis & Short
langa, ae, f.Celtic,
I a kind of lizard, from whose urine the stone called langurium (lyncurium) was said to be produced, Plin. 37, 2, 11, § 34.
The corpus record — Latin
langa
langa · f
a kind of lizard, from whose urine the stone called
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Where it lives
- Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k
What it meant
2. langa — Walde–Hofmann
langa, -ae f. und langürus, -t m. „eine Eidechsenart, aus deren Urin nach Plin. 27, 34 der Stein langüriwm (auch lue gewonnen wird*: Fremdw. unbekannter Herkunft (kelt. nach Holder II 141). — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. langa, p. 790]
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Where it came from
- Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. langa (scan p. 790; entry #1495).
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