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legumen

leguminous plant, pulse

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Where it lives

Didius Julianus 1 · 6.29/10k
Galba 1 · 3.63/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 27 · 3.43/10k
Commodus Antoninus 1 · 2.89/10k
De Re Coquinaria 4 · 2.55/10k
Severus 1 · 2.37/10k
De ieiunio adversus psychicos 1 · 1.69/10k
Cathemerina 1 · 1.36/10k
Nero 1 · 1.28/10k
Alexander Severus 1 · 0.94/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 4 · 0.91/10k
Naturalis Historia 35 · 0.88/10k

Densest 12 of 22 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. legumen — de Vaan

legumen 'leguminous plant, pulse' (Vairo+); ablegmina 'partes extorum quae dis immolabant' (Paul, ex i\); colligere 'to gather, collect' (Naev,+), deligere 'to pick off, pick out' (P1.+), diligere 'to love, hold dear' (P1.+), diligenter 'careftilly' (PJ.+), — [de Vaan, s.v. legumen, p. 346]

2. lĕgūmen — Lewis & Short

lĕgūmen, ĭnis, n.id.,

I pulse, any leguminous plant.

I In gen., Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 32; Plin. 18, 17, 46, § 165; Col. 2, 7, 1; 2, 10, 1; 18, 7, 10: terra feta frugibus et vario leguminum genere, Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 156; Caes. B. C. 3, 47 fin.: ventri indulgere omne legumen, Juv. 15, 174: frugibus legatis, legumina continentur, Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 78.— Collect. sing., Petr. S. 135, 5.—

II In partic., the bean: laetum siliqua quassante legumen, Verg. G. 1, 74.

3. legümen — Walde–Hofmann

legümen, -inis n. „als Nahrung verwendete Ackerfrucht, insbes. Hülsenfrucht (nach Colum. 2, 7, 1 auch Gerste und Hirse, soweit zu Graupen verwendet), Gemüse“ (seit Varro und- Cic., rom. [unter Verdrängung von holus]; legümentum Gell. [nach frümentum), legüminärius Inschr., Gl. (aus legüminarium entl. gr.-alb. Zimar „Bündel Hülsenfrüchte“, Bugge BB. 18, 180]): nach Varro rust. 1, 23, 1 quae velluntur & terrä, nón … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. legümen, p. 813]

In the wild

legumen Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 2.10.19
legumina Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 2.12.9
legumina Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 18.7.p8
legumina Vitruvius, De Architectura 8.4.2
leguminum Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 18.7.p4
legumina Julius Caesar, De Bello Civili 3.47.6

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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. legumen (scan p. 346; entry #887).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. legümen (scan pp. 813-814; entry #1521). Root candidates: *leb-, *lem-.

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