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panus

panus

spool with thread; abcess; main stalk of a panicle

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What it meant

1. panus — de Vaan

panus 'spool with thread; abcess; main stalk of a panicle' [m, o] (Lucil+; Afran.+; Plia) Derivatives: pam/ucula 'the feathery head of certain reeds and grasses, tuft; kind of wart' (Plin.+). In the meaning 'spool with thread', partus may well be a loanword from Doric Greek *πανος, cf Art. πηνη, πηνος 'yarn'. In the meaning 'abcess', partus is compared with Ru. puk 'bunch, bunder, OCS pQciti s§ 'be inflated', Ru. … — [de Vaan, s.v. panus, p. 458]

2. pānus — Lewis & Short

pānus, i, m., = ph=nos, Dor. pa=nos,

I the thread wound upon the bobbin in a shuttle.
I Lit.: intus modo stet rectus subteminis panus, Lucil. ap. Prisc. 3 fin., and ap. Non. 149, 24; cf.: panus tramae involucrum, quem diminutive panuclam vocamus, Non. l. l.—
II Transf.
A A swelling, tumor: tumor quoque inguinum ex formae similitudine sic (sc. panus) vocatur, Non. 149, 24; Novat. ap. Non. 149, 28; Afran. ib. 25: panos aperit sevum pecudum, Plin. 30, 8, 22, § 75; 24, 11, 58, § 97; 35, 17, 57, § 195: viscum panos mitigat, id. 24, 4, 6, § 11.—
B An ear of millet, Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 54.

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6 of 54 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. panus (scan p. 458; entry #1250).
  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. panus (scan p. 504; entry #8187).

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