The corpus record — Latin

laridum

bacon

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Where it lives

Avidius Cassius 1 · 3.83/10k
Captivi 3 · 3.47/10k
Divus Claudius 1 · 3.37/10k
Probus 1 · 2.43/10k
De vita Hadriani 1 · 1.95/10k
Gordiani Tres 1 · 1.8/10k
Tyranni Triginta 1 · 1.52/10k
Menaechmi 1 · 1.05/10k
Aeneid 2 · 0.32/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

1. laridum — de Vaan

laridum 'bacon' [η. ο] (Ρ1.+; Lucil.-l· lardum) The etymology as *lajes-idos (see s.v. largus) would normally yield *laeridus (cf Meiser 1998: 88). The Attic adj. λαρϊνός 'fatted, fat' may well be derived from λαρός larix (II.) 'delicious, sweet', sup. λαρώτατος. Beekes (fthc.) proposes a base *λα(ρ)αρος or *λα(ρ)ερος, and a possible connection with απολαύω 'to enjoy' < *lh2u-. It seems likely that Latin laridum is … — [de Vaan, s.v. laridum, p. 341]

2. lārĭdum — Lewis & Short

lārĭdum, and sync. lardum (collat. form, lārĭda, ae, f., sc. caro, Cod. Th. 8, 4, 17), i, n.kindr. with laro/s, larino/s, fattened, fat,

I the fat of bacon, lard.—Form laridum: quanta pernis pestis veniet! quanta labes larido! Plaut. Capt. 4, 3, 3; 4, 2, 67; id. Men. 1, 3, 27.—Form lardum: lardum ossa fracta solidat, Plin. 28, 16, 65, § 227; Hor. S. 2, 6, 64; 85; Mart. 5, 78; Juv. 11, 84.—In plur.: larda, Ov. F. 6, 169.

In the wild

Laride Vergil, Aeneid 10.395
laridi Historia Augusta, Divus Claudius 14
laridum Plautus, Menaechmi 1.3
larido Historia Augusta, Probus 4
laridum Historia Augusta, Tyranni Triginta 18
laridum Historia Augusta, Avidius Cassius 5

6 of 13 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. laridum (scan pp. 341-342; entry #876). Root candidates: *lh2u-.
Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. laridum (scan p. 366; entry #5766).

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