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lolium

kind of grass, darnel

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De Medicina 8 · 0.78/10k
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What it meant

1. lolium — de Vaan

lolium 'kind of grass, darnel' [η. ο] (Ρ1.+) Derivatives: lolleaceus 'made of darnel' (Varro). No etymology. Bibl.: WH I: 819, EM 365, IEW 650f. — [de Vaan, s.v. lolium, p. 362]

2. lŏlĭum — Lewis & Short

lŏlĭum, ii, n.,

I darnel, cockle, tares, Plin. 18, 17, 44, § 153: infelix lolium et steriles dominantur avenae, Verg. G. 1, 154; id. E. 5, 37: lolio victitare, to have bad eyes, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 50: et careant loliis oculos vitiantibus agri, Ov. F. 1, 691.

3. lolium — Walde–Hofmann

lolium, -? n. „Lolch, Schwindelhafer, Trespe“ (seit Enn. und Plaut., rom, [auch iolium Cl. 9. Jh., Meyer-Lübke W.St. 25, 90]; Zoliäceus Varro, loliárius Colum. [-um cribrum; daraus rom. lokärium ,Sieb"?, Ernout-Meillet 531]; aus lolium entl. ahd. lol, mhd. Iull(j)ch, nhd. Loich, ferner sbkr. Dj5ij "lolium', Tech. Hlek, alt Zulek ds., , Nachtschatten“, poln. Zulek „Bilsenkraut“ usw. (Berneker 758 f.]): als , Taumel, … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. lolium, p. 851]

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. lolium (scan p. 362; entry #935).
Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. lolium (scan p. 389; entry #6159).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. lolium (scan pp. 851-852; entry #1581).

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