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rictus

rictus · m

the aperture of the mouth

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Where it lives

Thyestes 4 · 6.35/10k
Mosella 2 · 6.15/10k
Culex, Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 3.83/10k
Psychomachia 2 · 3.33/10k
Hercules Oetaeus 3 · 2.66/10k
de consulatu Stilichonis 2 · 2.64/10k
Hercules 2 · 2.63/10k
Panegyricus de quarto consulatu Honorii Augusti 1 · 2.52/10k
Agamemnon 1 · 1.8/10k
In Rufinum 1 · 1.75/10k
Oedipus 1 · 1.69/10k
Divus Claudius 1 · 1.57/10k

Densest 12 of 28 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

rictus — Lewis & Short

rictus, ūs, m. (collat, form rictum, i, n.,

Lucr. 6, 1195; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94; plur. ricta, Lucr. 5, 1064; cf. Non. 221, 18 sq.) [ringor],

I the aperture of the mouth, the mouth wide open (esp. for laughing; class.; cf. hiatus): rictus parvissimus, Varr. ap. Non. 456, 9; Lucil. Titin. and Pompon. ib.; Lucr. 6, 1195; Cic. l. l.; Quint. 1, 11, 9; Suet. Claud. 30; Flor. 3, 11 fin.; Hor. S. 1, 10, 7; Juv. 10, 230 al.—Plur., Ov. A. A. 3, 283; id. M. 11, 126.—Of animals, gaping, distended jaws, Ov. M. 1, 741; 2, 481; Juv. 10, 272.— Plur., Lucr. 5, 1064; Ov. M. 3, 674; 4, 97; 6, 378; 11, 59; 14, 65 et saep.—

2 Poet., transf., the opening of the eyes, Luc. 6, 757 Cort.; Sen. Herc. Oet. 1168; 1276.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. rictus (scan p. 598; entry #9807). Root candidates: *reng-.

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