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lepus

lepus · m

a hare

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Where it lives

Carus et Carinus et Numerianus 1 · 3.77/10k
Epigrammata Ausonii de diversis rebus 1 · 2.74/10k
Fabulae Aesopiae 3 · 2.74/10k
Epigrammata 12 · 2.13/10k
Casina 1 · 1.29/10k
De Re Coquinaria 2 · 1.28/10k
Persa 1 · 1.27/10k
Alexander Severus 1 · 0.94/10k
Eunuchus 1 · 0.92/10k
Ars Amatoria 1 · 0.67/10k
Satyricon 2 · 0.66/10k
Fasti 2 · 0.64/10k

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

What it meant

1. lĕpus — Lewis & Short

lĕpus, ŏris, m. (com.,

Varr. R. R. 3, 12; Plin. 8, 55, 81, § 217;

I v. infra) [cf. Aeol. and Sicil. le/poris, collat. form of lagw/s, Varr. L. L. 5, § 101 Müll.; id. R. R. 3, 12; but Curt. compares lepor, lepidus, root in Gr. la/mpw], a hare, Varr. R. R. 3, 12; Plin. 8, 55, 81, § 217: lepus multum somni affert, qui illum edit, Cato ap. Diomed. p. 358 P.; Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 31: auritosque sequi lepores, Verg. G. 1, 308: pavidus, Hor. Epod. 2, 35; id. C. 1, 37, 18: dare semesum leporem, Juv. 5, 167.—Of the she-hare: lepus cum praegnans sit, Varr. R. R. 3, 12; Plin. 8, 55, 81, § 219; cf.: fecundae leporis, Hor. S. 2, 4, 44 (fecundi, Keller).—Prov.: aliis leporem exagitare, to hunt the hare for others, i. e. to do something of which others reap the advantage, Petr. 131; cf. Ov. A. A. 3, 661: lepus tute es et pulpamentum quaeris? What! you a hare, and hunting for game? —In mal. part., Liv. Andron. ap. Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 36; cf. Don. ad h. l. and Vop. Num. 13. —As a term of endearment: mens pullus passer, mea columba, mi lepus, Plaut. Cas. 1, 50.—

II Transf.

A A poisonous seafish, of the color of a hare, the Aplysia depilans, Linn.; Plin. 9, 48, 72, § 155; 32, 1, 3, § 8.—

B The constellation Lepus, Cic. Arat. 365; id. N. D. 2, 44, 114; Hyg. Astr. 3, 22; Manil. 5, 159.

2. lepus — Walde–Hofmann

lepus, -oris m. ,Hase^ (seit Plaut, rom., ebenso leporürius m. „Hasenwärter“ Anth. u. -ärium n. „Tiergarten“ seit Varro [-àría f. sc. eitis Serv. georg. 2, 93); vgl. leportnus u. Demin, lepusculus [nach müsculus usw.| seit Varro; aus lepus entl. alb. fepur, Teper „Hase“, Jokl L.-k.U. 18): sizil. (Akk.) Aétropiv (Varro 1.1.5, 101), massiliot. Aefnppíc „Kaninchen“; samt Zaurex und vlt-rom. *lapparum (frz. lapereaw … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. lepus, p. 818]

In the wild

lepus Martial, Epigrammata 13.92.2
lepus Phaedrus, Fabulae Aesopiae appendix.26.7
lepus Martial, Epigrammata 1.22.5
lepus Martial, Epigrammata 1.60.1
lepus Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 32.11.p3
lepus Martial, Epigrammata 1.48.7

6 of 51 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. lepus (scan p. 376; entry #5953).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. lepus (scan pp. 818-819; entry #1525).

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