1. ridica — de Vaan
ridica 'wooden stake for supporting vines' [f. a] (Cato+) The connection with Gr. έρείδω 'to prop, support' is very uncertain. Bibl.: WH II: 434, EM 573, IEW 860. — [de Vaan, s.v. ridica, p. 536]
The corpus record — Latin
ridica
ridica
wooden stake for supporting vines
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Where it lives
- De agri cultura 2 · 1.28/10k
- Res Rustica, Books I-IX 5 · 0.64/10k
- Naturalis Historia 3 · 0.08/10k
What it meant
2. ridica — Lewis & Short
ridica, ae, f. In agriculture, a
I stake, prop, a vine-prop, Cato, R. R. 17; 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 4; 1, 26; Col. 4, 26, 1; 11, 2, 12 al.
3. ridica — Walde–Hofmann
ridica, -ae f. „ein durch Spalten größerer Pflócke gewonnener Weinpfahl, aus Eichen- oder Wacholderholz (seit Cato, vgl. Varro rust, 1, 8, 4; spätl. red- Pallad. Cl, Svennung Eranos 27,91): zu gr. épeibw „lehne an, unterstütze" (Pf. fjpewa, épripeixa, hom. 3. Pl. Pass, épnpébarai, Plqf, épnpébaro verderbt für -pıd, Fick GGA. 1894, 236, Boisacq 274?), Epıopa (jünger Epeioua, Schwyzer Gr. Cr. 1 524), Avt-mpic, -(6oc … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. ridica, p. 1340]
Where it came from
- Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. ridica (scan p. 536; entry #1486).
- Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. ridica (scan p. 597; entry #9792).
- Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ridica (scan p. 1340; entry #2296).
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