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panicum

panicum

Italian millet

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What it meant

1. panicum — de Vaan

panicum 'Italian millet' (Cato+); panificium 'the making of bread' (Varro+). Pit. *past-ni- 'loaf, cake', *pastlelo- or *pastnelo- 'small cake'. The connection with pastilluSy -m suggests that partis derives from *past-ni-. The latter is connected to the root *peh2-s- 'to graze' (Lat. ppp.pasium) by scholars from WH to Schrijver, although only hesitantly by the latter. In fact, I do not see how the change from … — [de Vaan, s.v. panicum, p. 457]

2. pānĭcum — Lewis & Short

pānĭcum, i, n.,

I Italian panic-grass: panicum Italicum, Linn.; Caes. B. C. 2, 22; cf. Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 53.

In the wild

6 of 39 attestations shown.

Where it came from

  • de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. panicum (scan p. 457; entry #1248). Root candidates: *pastlelo-, *pastnelo-, *pana-.

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