The corpus record — Latin

orca1

orca1 · f

a kind of whale

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Where it lives

Saturae 2 · 4.42/10k
Satyrarum libri 1 · 0.7/10k
Naturalis Historia 6 · 0.15/10k

What it meant

1. orca — Lewis & Short

orca, ae, f.cf. a)/rxau)/rxa,

I a kind of whale, an orc, Plin. 9, 6, 5, § 12.—

II Transf.

A A large-bellied vessel, a butt, tun (cf.: seria, dolium): orca genus marinae beluae maximum dicitur: ad cujus similitudinem vasa quoque ficaria orcae dicunter: sunt enim teretes, atque uniformi specie, Fest. p. 180 Müll.: orcae in Hispaniā fervore musti ruptae, Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 6; Col. 12, 15, 2: Byzantia orca (which had contained pickled tunny-fish), Hor. S. 2, 4, 66; cf. Pers. 3, 76.—

B A tunnel used for throwing dice, a dice-box: angusta, Pers. 3, 50: interim dum contemplor orcam, taxillos perdidi, Pompon. ap. Prisc. p. 615 P. (Com. Rel. p. 214 Rib.).

2. Orca — Lewis & Short

Orca, ae, m.,

I a Roman surname, e. g. Valerius Orca, Cic. Fam. 13, 4 sq.

In the wild

orca Horace, Satyrarum libri 2.4.66
orcae Persius, Saturae 3.50
orca Persius, Saturae 3.76
orcae Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 32.11.p2
orca Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 9.6
orcae Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 9.6

6 of 9 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. orca (scan p. 491; entry #7947).

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