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reduvia

reduvia · f

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1. rĕdŭvĭa — Lewis & Short

rĕdŭvĭa (rĕdĭvĭa), ae, f.

1 A hangnail on the finger: rediviam quidam, alii reluvium appellant, cum circa ungues cutis se resolvit, Fest. p. 270, 17 Müll.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 271, 11 ib.; so, redivia, Titin. ib.: reduviae, Plin. 30, 12, 37, § 111; 28, 4, 8, § 40.— Prov.: cum capiti mederi debeam, reduviam curo, i. e. to be busy about trifles, Cic. Rosc. Am. 44, 128. —
2 Transf., a remainder, remnant, fragment: escarum, Sol. 32, 25: conchyliorum, id. 9, 9.

2. reduvia — Walde–Hofmann

reduvia, redivia, -ae f. „Nietnagel am Finger (eine Haut, die sich beim Nagel vom Finger ablóst); das Abgelegte, abgelegte Haut der Schlange, Überrest* (seit Titin. und Cic., s. oben exuö 1435 und induviae 1434; reduriösus „voll Nietnügel* Laev.): von *red-uö, wie exuviae zu exuö (Vanicek 30, Bersu Gutt. 157), — Daneben reluvium (Fest. p. 270) mit sabin. | = d (Conway IF. 2.165, Ernout El. dial. lat. 219£.; nicht zu … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. reduvia, p. 1331]

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  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. reduuia (scan p. 591; entry #9693).
  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. reduvia (scan p. 1331; entry #2263).

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