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The corpus record — Latin

mergŭlus

mergŭlus · m

the wick of a lamp

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What it meant

1. mergŭlus — Lewis & Short

mergŭlus, i, m.mergo,

I the wick of a lamp: mergulus, e)llu/xnion, Gloss. Gr. and Lat.

2. mergŭlus — Lewis & Short

mergŭlus, i, m.dim.mergus,

I a diver, a kind of bird, Vulg. Lev. 11, 17; id. Deut. 14, 17.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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