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The corpus record — Latin

racemus

racemus

bunch, cluster (of grapes or other fruit)

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Where it lives

  • Copa, Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 42.19/10k
  • Eclogues 1 · 2.2/10k
  • Georgicon 3 · 2.12/10k
  • Ars Amatoria 2 · 1.34/10k
  • Carmina 2 · 0.89/10k
  • Contra Symmachum 1 · 0.83/10k
  • Carmina 1 · 0.75/10k
  • Epigrammata 3 · 0.53/10k
  • Ex Ponto 1 · 0.48/10k
  • Tristia 1 · 0.44/10k
  • Elegiae 1 · 0.4/10k
  • Silvae 1 · 0.4/10k

Densest 12 of 19 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. racemus — de Vaan

racemus 'bunch, cluster (of grapes or other fruit)' [m. o] (Bibaculus-l·) IE cognates: Gr. ραξ, ραγός 'grape', ρώξ, ρωγός 'id.', Alb. rrush 'resin'. Probably a loanword from a Mediterranean language. Bibl.: WH II: 414, EM 562, Schrijver 1991: 306. radius — [de Vaan, s.v. racemus, p. 525]

2. răcēmus — Lewis & Short

răcēmus, i, m.r(a/c, r(ago/s.

I Lit., the stalk of a cluster of grapes and similar plants: alia (poma) racemis dependent, ut uvae, palmae, Plin. 15, 28, 34, § 115; cf. id. 16, 26, 48, § 112; 14, 3, 4, § 43: sunt et mora cruenta, et lentis uva racemis, Verg. Copa, 21.—
II Transf.
A A bunch of berries, cluster of grapes: fert uva racemos, Verg. G. 2, 60; Ov. M. 3, 484; id. Tr. 4, 6, 9; Prop. 4 (5), 2, 13; Hor. C. 2, 5, 11 al.: lecti de vite racemi, Ov. A. A. 3, 703; Verg. G. 2, 102; Sil. 7, 208 al. —
B Wine (poet.): donec eras mixtus nullis, Acheloë, racemis, Ov. F. 5, 343.

In the wild

6 of 38 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. racemus (scan pp. 525-526; entry #1456).
  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. racémus (scan p. 586; entry #9620).

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