1. Mĕfītis — Lewis & Short
Mĕfītis, is, v. Mephitis, II.
The corpus record — Latin
Mefitis
Mefitis
v. Mephitis, II
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Where it lives
- Historiae 1 · 0.19/10k
What it meant
2. mefitis — Walde–Hofmann
mefitis (-ph- schlechtere S rbB.) -is f. „schädliche Ausdünstung“; personif. „Göttin der schädlichen Dünste“ (seit Varro; mephiticus „Ppestilenzialisch“ Sidon.; vgl. Marbach RE. 15, 118f.): osk. Wort, vgl. o. Mefitlet) *Mefit? (NSc. 1930, 404), Mefítaiiais “*Mefi60 meinom — meiö. taei?? (v, Planta II 87. 614). Weitere Anknüpfung unsicher. Vl. nach Ribezzo RIGI. 10, 214. 18, 213 aus *medhio-dhyitis (kaum … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. mefitis, p. 965]
In the wild
- Mefitis Tacitus, Historiae 3.33
Where it came from
- Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. mefitis (scan pp. 965-966; entry #1736). Root candidates: *medho-, *medh-.
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