The corpus record — Latin

offa

offa · f

a bite

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Where it lives

Saturae 1 · 2.21/10k
Psychomachia 1 · 1.67/10k
Miles Gloriosus 2 · 1.58/10k
Cathemerina 1 · 1.36/10k
Saturae 3 · 1.21/10k
De Divinatione 3 · 1.09/10k
Poenulus 1 · 0.91/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 7 · 0.89/10k
Peristephanon Liber 1 · 0.57/10k
Naturalis Historia 16 · 0.4/10k
Noctes Atticae 4 · 0.36/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.19/10k

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

What it meant

1. offa — Lewis & Short

offa, ae, f.

I Lit., a bite, bit, morsel; esp. a little ball or pellet made of flour: antiqui offam vocabant abscisum globi formā, ut manu glomeratam pultem, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. poenitam offam, p. 242 Müll.: offam eripere alicui, Enn. ap. Plin. 18, 8, 19, § 84 (Enn. p. 181 Vahl.); Varr. R. R. 3, 5: offam obicit, Verg. A. 6, 420: pultis, Cic. Div. 2, 35, 73.—Prov.: inter os et offam, = Engl. between the cup and the lip, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 18 (17), 1; cf.: vetus est proverbium inter os et offam, idem significans quod Graecus ille paroimiw/dhs versus: *polla\ metacu\ pe/lei ku/likos kai xei/leos a)/krou, Apollin. ap. Gell. l. l. § 3.—

II Transf., in gen.

A A piece, lump, mass: aufer illam offam porcinam, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 165 Ritschl N. cr.: offa porcina cum caudā in cenis puris offa penita vocatur, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. penem, p. 230 Müll.: gummi in offas convolutum, Plin. 12, 9, 19, § 35.—

B A swelling, Juv. 16, 11.—

C A shapeless mass, untimely birth, abortion, Juv. 2, 33: quantas robusti carminis offas Ingeris? Pers. 5, 5; Plin. 9, 48, 72, § 155.

2. offa — Walde–Hofmann

offa, -ae f. „Kloß aus Mehlteig* (Wissowa Hermes 52, 337); „Stück Fleisch ; Bissen“ (seit Naev., rom., ebenso ofella f. [rom. off-) „Bißchen, Stückchen Fleisch“ seit Cato {zum -f- s. Leumann-Stolz5 143. m. Lit.]; vgl. omla)la f. „Bissen“ seit Varro [daraus ha öpAdpiov, Heraeus Kl, Schr. 144), ofatim Plaut, offarii coci lsid. orig. 20, 2,26; vgl. EN.-Ofa, Offänius, Ofellus [:a, -4us]): unerklärt. Schwerlich nach … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. offa, p. 1110]

In the wild

6 of 43 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. Offa (scan p. 483; entry #7810).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. offa (scan p. 1110; entry #1884). Root candidates: *odbho-, *ozbh-, *bhidh-.

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