1. medipontus — Lewis & Short
medipontus, i, m.,
I a kind of thick rope (ante-class.):
medipontos privos loreos (al. melipontos),Cato, R. R. 3, 5; 12.
The corpus record — Latin
medipontus
medipontus · m
a kind of thick rope
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Where it lives
- De agri cultura 1 · 0.64/10k
What it meant
2. medipontus — Walde–Hofmann
medipontus (meli-), - m. ,Kelterbaumgürtel?* (Cato; zur Bed. s. Hórle Catos Hausbücher 182f): entl aus einem unbekannten riech. Wort, volksetymologisch angeglichen an medius und pontus nach Keller Volkset. 92, — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. medipontus, p. 961]
In the wild
- medipontos Cato, De agri cultura 3
Where it came from
- Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. medipontus (scan p. 416; entry #6673).
- Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. medipontus (scan p. 961; entry #1731).
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