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sabulum

sabulum

coarse sand, gravel

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1. sabulum — de Vaan

sabulum 'coarse sand, gravel' [n. o] (Varro+) Derivatives: sabulosus 'gravelly' (Varro+), sabuld 'sand* (Varro+); saburra 'gravel' (Verg.+), saburrare 'to fill with ballast' (P1.+). Pit. *(p)saplo- / *(p)saflo- / *(p)sab!o-. IE cognates: Gr. ψάμμος [f.], (ψ)άμαΰος, Aeol. ψόμμος; Olc. sandr, OHG sant, MHG samt 'sand'. A substrate word *(p)sam- or *sab(h)~. BibL: WH II. 458, EM 585, IEW 145f., Leumann 1977: 186, … — [de Vaan, s.v. sabulum, p. 545]

2. săbŭlum — Lewis & Short

săbŭlum, i, v. sabulo.

3. sabulum — Walde–Hofmann

sabulum, -i n. „Sand, Kies“ (seit Curt, rom.; adjektivisch puivere sabrö Orib., Svennung Unt. 268), sabuld, -önis m. , Kies" (seit Varro, rom.; vgl. sabulösus ,sandreich* seit Vitr. [Morland Orib. 122, Svennung Wtst. 118], sabuletum n. ,sandiger Ort" Plin.), saburra, -ae f. ,Schiffsand, Ballast* (eeit Caes, rom., ebenso saburró, -üre „belade mit Ballast; lade voll* seit Plaut. [spätl. , dufte* Ven. Fort.]; vgl. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. sabulum, p. 1364]

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Where it came from

  • de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. sabulum (scan pp. 545-546; entry #1514).
  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. sabulum (scan p. 1364; entry #2358). Root candidates: *bha-, *bhsá-.

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