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Reg

to flow

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Where it lives

Tusculanae Disputationes 2 · 0.35/10k
Ab urbe condita 1 · 0.02/10k

What it meant

*reg- — de Vaan

*reg- 'to flow', as LIV does; but this does not change the problem of Latin -/-. Finally, it is conceivable that ir-rigare belongs to the root *rig- 'to stretch' reflected in rigeo. Semantically this is quite satisfactory; it would then be a fairly old (frequentative) derivative */«-ng-a- 'to lead into'. This etymology yields the most straightforward explanation of-/-· BibL: WH II: 435, EM 573f, IEW 857, Sihler … — [de Vaan, s.v. *reg-, p. 537]

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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. reg (scan p. 537; entry #1491). Root candidates: *reg-, *rig-.

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