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marra

marra · f

a sort of hoe for tearing up weeds, a weeding-hook

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What it meant

1. marra — Lewis & Short

marra, ae, f.etym. unknown,

I a sort of hoe for tearing up weeds, a weeding-hook, = ligo (post-Aug.).
I Lit.: tu penitus latis eradere viscera marris Ne dubita, Col. 10, 72; id. 10, 89; Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 159; Juv. 15, 166.—
II Transf., a hook: (Silurus) in Danubio marris extrahitur, Plin. 9, 14, 17, § 45.

2. marra — Walde–Hofmann

marra, -ae f£. „Hacke oder Haue zum Ausjäten des Unkrauts* (seit Colum., rom.; daraus wohl entl. spätgr. udppo, udppov 'épyaAetov oibnpoOv): semit, Lw., vgl. assyr. marru „Hacke“ (dies wohl aus sumer. mar [nicht ganz sicher, H. Bauer briefl]; das Wort ist aramäisch und arab., nicht hebr.) S. Winckler Die babylon. Kultur in ihren Beziehungen zur unsern, 1902 (Zitat nach Niedermann IA. 18, 80, Weidner Gl. 4, 303, G.R. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. marra, p. 949]

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  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. marra (scan p. 949; entry #1704). Root candidates: *mers-, *mer-.

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