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rē^frīva

which was carried home at seed-time to be sacrificed

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What it meant

1. rē^frīva — Lewis & Short

rē^frīva or rē^fĕrīva făba,

I which was carried home at seed-time to be sacrificed, as a good omen: refriva, Fest. p. 277 Müll.: (refriva) fabam utique e frugibus referre mos est auspicii causā, quae ideo referiva appellatur, Plin. 18, 12, 30, § 119 Sillig N. cr.

2. refriva — Walde–Hofmann

refriva (sc. faba, Cine. bei Fest. p. 277): wohl nach Osthoff MU. 5,107 zu frio, frivolus als „geschrotete Bohne“ (s. oben I 549). — Die Bezichung auf referre bei Fest. p. 277 und Plin. nat. 18, 119 veferiva ist trotz Vanitek 186, Lindsay-Nohl 204f. bloße Volksetymologie. : — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. refriva, p. 1332]

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