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margarita

margarita · f

a pearl

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Where it lives

Ad Uxorem 2 · 4.81/10k
Galba 1 · 3.63/10k
Nero 2 · 2.56/10k
De Praescriptionibus Hereticorum 2 · 2.41/10k
De Cultu Feminarum 1 · 1.95/10k
Tyranni Triginta 1 · 1.52/10k
De Consolatione ad Helviam 1 · 1.48/10k
De Vita Iulii Agricolae 1 · 1.48/10k
Divus Julius 1 · 1.03/10k
Naturalis Historia 39 · 0.98/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 4 · 0.91/10k
Fabulae Aesopiae 1 · 0.91/10k

Densest 12 of 24 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. margărīta — Lewis & Short

margărīta, ae, f., and margărī-tum, i, n., = margari/ths (li/qos),

I a pearl,

a Form margarita (class.), Varr. ap. Non. 213, 30: nego ullam gemmam fuisse, aut margaritam, quin abstulerit, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1: ornatus margaritarum, id. Or. 39, 78; cf. Quint. 11, 1, 3: linea margaritarum, Dig. 35, 2, 26: Britannici, Plin. 9, 35, 53, § 105: una pretiosa, Vulg. Matt. 13, 46.— Prov.: ne mittatis margaritas vestras ante porcos, do not cast your pearls before swine, Vulg. Matt. 7, 6.—

b Form margaritum (rare, not in Cic.): arma margarito candicantia, Varr. ap. Non. 213, 24: gignit et Oceanus margarita, Tac. Agr. 12; Dig. 19, 5, 17, § 1; Tert. ad Ux. 2, 5; id. de Pall. 5; Prud. stef. 10, 648; id. Psych. 873.—As a term of endearment, pearl, treasure: Tiberinum margaritum, said of Mæcenas, Aug. ap. Macr. S. 2, 4; Petr. 63, 3.

2. margarita — Walde–Hofmann

margarita, -ae f. (seit Varro u. Cic., rom.) und margaritum, -i n. (seit Epist. Aug.; nach corallium) „Perle“ (davon margaritärius „Perlenhändler“, margaritätus ,perlengeschmückt" Ven. Fort., margaritió „Perle, Kosebezeichnung^ Inschr. [vgl. uniö]; margariticandicüns Varro, margaritifer Plin.; aus margarita mit volksetym. Umgestaltung stammt got. *marikreitus [m.? nur Dat. Pl, überl], ags. meregrot n., meregrota m., … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. margarita, p. 945]

In the wild

margaritis Florus, Epitome Rerum Romanorum 2.34.12.62
margaritis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 37.2.p1
margaritis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 37.2.p1
margaritae Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 6.22.p2
margaritis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 37.2.p1
margaritis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 7.29

6 of 78 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. margarita (scan pp. 411-412; entry #6576).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. margarita (scan p. 945; entry #1696).

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