The corpus record — Latin

marsuppium

(-szp-, -sip(p)-), -: n

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Where it lives

Menaechmi 7 · 7.37/10k
Epidicus 2 · 3.07/10k
Casina 1 · 1.29/10k
Persa 1 · 1.27/10k
Poenulus 1 · 0.91/10k
Rudens 1 · 0.84/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 1 · 0.23/10k

What it meant

marsuppium — Walde–Hofmann

marsuppium (-szp-, -sip(p)-), -: n. „Geldsäckchen, Geldbörse“ (seit Plaut., nicht rom. [vgl.marisöpa]; massipiarius „Beutelschneider* Not. Tir.): aus gr. udpom(n)og (-unos) m. bzw. Demin. uopoimov ds. (dies aus av. maréu- „Bauch, Wanst", falls urspr. ,Balg^ nach Buck IF. 25, 257 [aber Suff. -po- dabei unerklärt, vgl. Kretschmer C1. 3, 337, Ribezzo RIGI. 18, 125; eine semitische Etym. bei Lewy Fremdw. 92). … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. marsuppium, p. 952]

In the wild

marsuppium Plautus, Rudens 2.6
marsuppium Jerome, Epistulae. Selections. 60.11
marsuppium Plautus, Epidicus 3.4
marsuppium Plautus, Menaechmi 5.1
marsuppium Plautus, Menaechmi 2.3
marsuppium Plautus, Casina 2.8

6 of 14 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. marsuppium (scan p. 412; entry #6585).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. marsuppium (scan p. 952; entry #1708).

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