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ripa

ripa · f

the bank

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Where it lives

Mosella 16 · 49.22/10k
de Origine et Situ Germanorum Liber 10 · 18.14/10k
Cupido cruciatur 1 · 13.57/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 21 21 · 13.5/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 43-44 - 44 16 · 12.64/10k
Panegyricus dictus Probino et Olybrio consulibus 2 · 11.75/10k
Carminum minorum corpusculum 9 · 10.66/10k
Panegyricus dictus Manlio Theodoro consuli 2 · 9.3/10k
Punica 66 · 8.65/10k
Dittochaeon 1 · 8.17/10k
Culex, Appendix Vergiliana 2 · 7.65/10k
Panegyricus de quarto consulatu Honorii Augusti 3 · 7.57/10k

Densest 12 of 126 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. rīpa — Lewis & Short

rīpa, ae, f.etym. dub.; cf. rivus,

I the bank of a stream (while litus is the coast, shore of the sea; v. Döderl. Syn. Part. 3, p. 208; freq. and class. in sing. and plur.), Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 41 Vahl.): ripas radentia flumina rodunt, Lucr. 5, 256: ex utrāque parte ripae fluminis, Caes. B. G. 1, 38, 5: Romulus urbem perennis amnis posuit in ripā, Cic. Rep. 2, 5, 10; Hor. C. 1, 2, 19: viridissima gramine ripa, Verg. G. 3, 144: turba ad ripas effusa ruebat, id. A. 6, 305: umbrosa, Hor. C. 3, 1, 23: declivis, Ov. M. 5, 591; Liv. 1, 37.— Comically: ripis superat mihi atque abundat pectus laetitiā meum, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 6: vos mihi amnes estis, vestrā ripā vos sequar, id. Poen. 3, 3, 18.—

II Transf., the shore of the sea: villa semper mare recte conspicit ... numquam ex ripā, sed haud paulum submota a litore (sc. respergitur), never (immediately) from the bank, but (rather) a good way back from the shore, Col. 1, 5, 5: sentiant ... Aequoris nigri fremitum, et trementes Verbere ripas, Hor. C. 3, 27, 22: maris ripa, App. M. 11, p. 264, 29; Plin. 9, 15, 20, § 50.

2. ripa — Walde–Hofmann

ripa, -ae f. „steiler Rand, das Ufer eines Gewässers“ (seit Enn. und Plaut., rom., ebenso ripáriola „Uferschwalbe“ Marcell. med. [vgl. ripäriolus „am Ufer befindlich“ ds, ripárius ds. seit Plin.]; vgl. »ipula „kleines Ufer“ Cic., ripönsis „am Ufer befindlich“ Ser. h. Aug., ripäriensis ds. seit Dig., ripätim und ripäreus Cl): zu gr. &peinw trans. ,stürze um", intr. ,stürze nieder“, &plnvn f. „Absturz, Abhang“, … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. ripa, p. 1342]

In the wild

6 of 833 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. ripa (scan p. 598; entry #9808).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ripa (scan p. 1342; entry #2301). Root candidates: *reipotro-.

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