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occipitium

occipitium · n

the back part of the head

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Where it lives

Epigrammata Ausonii de diversis rebus 1 · 2.74/10k
Saturae 1 · 2.21/10k
Aulularia 1 · 1.45/10k
C. Caligula 1 · 1.31/10k
De Medicina 13 · 1.27/10k
Tiberius 1 · 1.1/10k
Octavius 1 · 0.86/10k
Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 1 · 0.79/10k
De agri cultura 1 · 0.64/10k
Apologia 1 · 0.47/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.19/10k
Res Gestae 1 · 0.08/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

occĭpĭtĭum — Lewis & Short

occĭpĭtĭum, ii, n.ob-caput,

I the back part of the head, the poll, the occiput: in occipitio quoque habet oculos, pessima, Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 25: umeris ad occipitium ductis, Quint. 11, 3, 160; Cels. 4, 2; Suet. Tib. 68: ne post occipitium exercitus relinqueret, behind his back, Varr. ap. Non. 245, 15.—Of animals, Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 107.— Prov.: frons occipitio prior est; v. frons; cf.: frontemque domini plus prodesse quam occipitium, Plin. 18, 5, 6, § 31.

In the wild

6 of 27 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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

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