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locusta1

locust; lobster

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What it meant

1. locusta — de Vaan

locusta 'locust; lobster' [f. a] (Naev.H-) The quantity of the first syllable is not completely certain: we also find luc- and Axx lolium The only word similar in form and meaning is lacerta 'lizard; mackerel', but there is no common preform in sight. Lat lacerta may have unrounding of *loc- > lac- (cf lacus\ but in that case the roundedt vowel in locusta must be explained from borrowing. Thus, they could be cognate … — [de Vaan, s.v. locusta, p. 361]

2. lō^custa — Lewis & Short

lō^custa (lŭc-; scanned lŏcusta, ae, f.,

Juvenc. in Matt. 3, 1, 339),

I a marine shell-fish, a lobster, Plin. 9, 30, 50, § 95: locustis squillisque magna ex parte sub eodem munimento praeduri eminent oculi, id. 11, 37, 55, § 152: marina, Petr. 35, 4.—Hence, dic mihi hoc etiam: solent tibi umquam oculi duri fieri? Men. Quid? tu me locustam censes esse, Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 24.— Prov.: prius pariet locusta Lucam bovem, said of something that can never take place, of something impossible, Naev. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 39 Müll.—

II A locust, Plin. 8, 29, 43, § 104: esca ejus erat locustae, Vulg. Matt. 3, 4.

3. Locusta — Lewis & Short

Locusta (Lūcusta), ae, f.,

I a woman famous for her skill in poisons, in the time of Nero and Claudius, Tac. A. 12, 66; 13, 15; Suet. Ner. 33; Juv. 1, 71.

4. Lōcusta — Lewis & Short

Lōcusta, ae, m.,

I name of a man, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 4.

5. locusta — Walde–Hofmann

locusta (-o- Phaedr. Inv., -ö- Spätl., wohl sekundär [vgl. L. Müller De re metr.? 438]; izc- in. Hess. durch Assım. bzw. in Anlehnung an lücus, rom. *lac-, Meyer-Lübke Emf.? 180), -ae f. „Heuschrecke; eine Art Meerkrebs* (seit Naev., rom.; löcustinus „von Heuschrecken; attacum" Gl. seit Ps. Hier., locustulae 'xapibez Cl): nach Osthotf PBB. 13, 4121f, Lidén PBB. 15, 516#., Johansson Beitr. 144, 154, Wiedemann Praet. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. locusta, p. 850]

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. locusta (scan pp. 361-362; entry #934). Root candidates: *loc-.
Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. locusta (scan p. 389; entry #6152).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. locusta (scan pp. 850-851; entry #1579). Root candidates: *lac-.

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