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mascarpio

mascarpio · m

mas-carpo, i. q. masturbator, Petr. 134, 5 dub

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Where it lives

What it meant

1. mascarpĭo — Lewis & Short

mascarpĭo, ōnis, m.mas-carpo, i. q. masturbator,

Petr. 134, 5 dub.

2. mäscarpiö — Walde–Hofmann

mäscarpiö, -ónis m. 'masturbátor' (Petron. 134,5; auch EN.: CIL. XII 5876, Greg. Tur. vit. patr. 16, 4; zur Bed. — nom. ag., nicht act. — s. Thielmann ALL. 3, 541, Fisch ALL. 5, 77 gegen Stowasser ALL. 1, 288, Landgraf ALL. 12, 458): zu manus und carpere, u. zw. (da trotz Stowasser a. O. ein scarpere neben carpere nicht anzuerkennen ist, vgl oben I 172) mit dem aus mästurbor (*manstuprö, S. d.) losgelösten *mä(n)s- … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. mäscarpiö, p. 953]

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Where it came from

  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. mäscarpiö (scan p. 953; entry #1713). Root candidates: *man-.

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