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sabbatum

sabbatum · n

the day of rest

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Where it lives

Adversus Judaeos Liber 12 · 10.69/10k
De ieiunio adversus psychicos 2 · 3.38/10k
Adversus Marcionem 26 · 3.14/10k
Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 16 · 2.27/10k
De Oratione 1 · 2.23/10k
De Spectaculis 1 · 1.57/10k
De Carne Christi 1 · 1.05/10k
De Pudicitia 1 · 0.74/10k
De Anima 1 · 0.42/10k

What it meant

1. sabbătum — Lewis & Short

sabbătum, i, n., and, more freq., sab-băta, ōrum, n., = sa/bbata (orig. Heb. ).

I Lit.

A In gen., the day of rest among the Jews, the Sabbath; considered by the Romans to have been ordained as a fast-day. Plur. form, Just. 36, 2, 14; August. ap. Suet. Aug. 76; Plin. 31, 2, 18, § 24; Vulg. Matt. 12, 1 et saep.—

B In partic., as a name for the seventh day of the week, Saturday, Suet. Tib. 32; Sen. Ep. 95 med.—Sing. form, Hier. Ep. 121, 4; Vulg. Matt. 12, 1; id. Luc. 13, 14; id. Johan. 9, 16. —

II Transf., of other Jewish holidays, Ov. R. Am. 220; Pers. 5, 184; Juv. 6, 159: tricesima, i. e. the new moon (said poet. for a Jewish holiday in general), Hor. S. 1, 9, 69; cf. Orell. and Wüstem. ad Heind. ad h. 1.

2. sabbatum — Walde–Hofmann

sabbatum, -i n. (meist Pl.-a, -orum) „Sabbat (Feiertag der Juden), Samstag“ (Sg. seit Hor., Pl. seit Hier., rom.; vgl. sabbatızö „feiere Sabbat" seit Tert., sabbatismus „Feier des Sabbat“ seit Aug., sabbatärius „zum Sabbat gehörig“ Sidon. (Pl. -äriz m., -ae f. „Sabbatfeierer — Juden, Jüdinnen* Mar] aus gr. odBBarov „Sabbat“ (hebr. Lw.). W. Schulze KZ. 33, 383 und Sb. Berlin 1905, 745 (= Kl. Schr. 294) erklärt das … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. sabbatum, p. 1363]

In the wild

sabbato Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 4.12
sabbati Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 3.17.p3
sabbato Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 4.12
sabbati Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 4.12
sabbati Tertullian, Adversus Judaeos Liber 4
sabbati Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 3.25.p4

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Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. sabbatum (scan p. 609; entry #9973).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. sabbatum (scan p. 1363; entry #2355).

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