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remeligo

remeligo · f

she that delays

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What it meant

1. rĕmĕlīgo — Lewis & Short

rĕmĕlīgo, ĭnis, f.acc. to Fest. p. 277 Müll. from remoror, and hence qs. for remŏrigo, perh. i. q. 1. remora, but concr.,

I she that delays or hinders, the (fem.) delayer, hinderer: remeligines et remorae a remorando dictae sunt a Plauto in Casinā (4, 3, 6): nam quid illaec nunc tamdiu intus remorantur remeligines. Ab Afranio in Prodito: remeligo a Laribus missa sum, Fest. l. l. (the palimpsest of Plautus, acc. to Ritschl's collation, has, instead of the last two words of the verse in question, remoranturreme ... ); cf.: Remelicines remoratrices, Gloss. Isid.

2. remeligó — Walde–Hofmann

remeligó, -inis f. , Verzógerung" (Plaut. {z. B. Cas. 304 remorantur remeligines) und Afran. (Fest. p. 277): wohl von *remellö, vgl prömellö (O. Müller zu Fest. a. O., Ermout-Meillet? 859; kaum von remeäre (Ernout RPh. 67, 98 [erklärt das -/- nicht). Unannehmbar Petr BB. 25, 138 f. und Fay KZ. 45, 124 (tautolog. Kompos. *reme- (: gr. hpepa ,ruhig*] + *ligen [gr. Aoyyazeı usw.)). 428 reminiscor — ren. Hierher … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. remeligó, p. 1333]

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  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. remeligó (scan pp. 1333-1334; entry #2276). Root candidates: *reme-.

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