The corpus record — Latin

perna

(upper) leg, thigh

Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited Latin corpus; none are written from memory.

Distribution

Antoninus Geta 1 · 8.13/10k
Helius 1 · 6.97/10k
De agri cultura 6 · 3.84/10k
Captivi 3 · 3.47/10k
Curculio 2 · 3.24/10k
De Re Coquinaria 4 · 2.55/10k
Saturae 1 · 2.21/10k
De vita Hadriani 1 · 1.95/10k
Stichus 1 · 1.61/10k
Satyrarum libri 2 · 1.41/10k
Persa 1 · 1.27/10k
Satyricon 3 · 0.99/10k

Densest 12 of 17 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

Senses

1. perna — de Vaan

(upper) leg, thigh

2. perna — Lewis & Short

a haunch

Attestations

6 of 35 attestations shown.

Deep etymology

Authority pointers, pending review

These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) scan p. 474; entry #1308 Review: Under source audit
Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine scan p. 523; entry #8555 Review: Under source audit

The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.

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