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părăbŏlānus

părăbŏlānus · m

a sick-nurse

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What it meant

1. părăbŏlānus — Lewis & Short

părăbŏlānus, i, m.parabolus, lit., a reckless person,

I a sick-nurse, esp. in infectious diseases, Cod. Just. 1, 3, 18; cf. Cod. Th. 16, 2, 42 and 43.

2. parabolänus — Walde–Hofmann

parabolänus, -i m. „Krankendiener“ (Uod. Theod.): volksetym. Umgestaltung von gr. napaßakaveüs (Grégoire [Ph W. 1929, 760)). — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. parabolänus, p. 1157]

Where it came from

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