The corpus record — Latin

pera

pera · f

a bag

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What it meant

1. pēra — Lewis & Short

pēra, ae, f., = ph)ra,

I a bag, wallet (syn.: mantica, loculus): peras imposuit Juppiter nobis duas, Phaedr. 4, 10, 1: cum baculo perāque senex, of a Cynic philosopher, Mart. 4, 53, 3; cf. App. Mag. p. 287, 39; Vulg. 1 Reg. 17, 40; id. Luc. 10, 4.

2. péra — Walde–Hofmann

péra, -oe f. „Ranzen“ (seit Plaut., rom., vgl. Paul. Fest. p. 223): aus gr. nıpä ds. unbekannter Herkunft, wohl Lehnw. aus einer Barbarensprache (Wackernagel Gnomon 6,452). Vgl. saceiperium n. „Umhängetasche® (Plt.) aus oaxkonhpä (vgl. saccus). — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. péra, p. 1192]

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. péra (scan p. 521; entry #8527).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. péra (scan p. 1192; entry #1983).

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