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saperda

saperda · m

an inferior kind of salt fish from the Black Sea

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Where it lives

Saturae 1 · 2.21/10k

What it meant

1. sāperda — Lewis & Short

sāperda, ae, m., = sape/rdhs,

I an inferior kind of salt fish from the Black Sea, a herring or sardine, Pers. 5, 134; cf.: saperda genus pessimi piscis, Fest. pp. 324 and 325 Müll.—Hence, transf.: omnes videmur nobis esse belli, festivi, saperdae cum simus saproi/, rotten sardines, Varr. ap. Non. 176, 20 sq. (Sat. Men. 56, 2); cf.: saperdae quasi sapientes, Non. 1. 1., and Fest. p. 325 Müll.

2. saperda — Walde–Hofmann

saperda, -ae f. „ein Fisch" (genus peseimi piscis Fest. p. 324): unerkl, — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. saperda, p. 1383]

In the wild

saperdas Persius, Saturae 5.134

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. saperda (scan p. 618; entry #10162).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. saperda (scan p. 1383; entry #2423).

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