The corpus record — Latin

lembus

lembus · m

a small fastsailing vessel with a sharp prow, a pinnace, yacht, cutter

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Where it lives

Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 43-44 - 44 15 · 11.85/10k
Mosella 2 · 6.15/10k
Bacchides 5 · 5.07/10k
Panegyricus dictus Manlio Theodoro consuli 1 · 4.65/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklürt von M. Weissenborn, book 45 6 · 4.55/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 31-32 - 32 3 · 2.82/10k
Mercator 2 · 2.34/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 33-34 - 34 2 · 1.33/10k
de consulatu Stilichonis 1 · 1.32/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38 - 38 2 · 1.18/10k
Menaechmi 1 · 1.05/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 33-34 - 33 1 · 0.87/10k

Densest 12 of 26 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

lembus — Lewis & Short

lembus, i, m., = le/mbos,

I a small fastsailing vessel with a sharp prow, a pinnace, yacht, cutter: lembus genus navicellae velocissimae, quod et dromonis nomine appellamus, Fulg. Exp. Serm. 564, 6; Att. ap. Non. 534, 5: celerare lembum, Turp. ib. 7: lembo advehitur pauxillulo, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 81: ascendi in lembum, id. ib. 2, 1, 35: ducit lembum jam dierectum navis praeditoria, id. Men. 2, 3, 87: classis lemborum, Liv. 45, 10; 34, 35: qui adverso vix flumine lembum Remigiis subigit, Verg. G. 1, 201: piratici lembi, Curt. 4, 5, 18.

In the wild

lembis Livy, Ab urbe condita 3.32.32.9
lemborum Livy, Ab urbe condita 4.45.10.1
lemborum Livy, Ab urbe condita 4.44.29.3
lembos Livy, Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 43-44 - 44 p31
lembis Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 21.9.2
lembos Livy, Ab urbe condita libri, erklürt von M. Weissenborn, book 45 p10

6 of 98 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. lembus (scan pp. 374-375; entry #5919).

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