The corpus record — Latin

scalmus

scalmus · m

a peg to which an oar was strapped; a thole

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Where it lives

Brutus 2 · 0.8/10k
De Officiis 1 · 0.3/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 1 · 0.23/10k
De Oratore 1 · 0.17/10k
De Architectura 1 · 0.17/10k

What it meant

1. scalmus — Lewis & Short

scalmus, i, m., = skalmo/s,

I a peg to which an oar was strapped; a thole, tholepin, Vitr. 10, 8 med.; Cic. Brut. 53, 197; id. de Or. 1, 38, 174; Vell. 2, 43, 1: venit (Canius) mature: scalmum nullum videt, not even a thole-pin, i. e. no trace of a boat, Cic. Off. 3, 14, 59.

2. scalmus — Walde–Hofmann

scalmus, -; m. „Ruderpflock, Dolle* (seit Cic., rom): Lw. aus gr. okaÀuóc ds. — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. scalmus, p. 1392]

In the wild

scalmos Vitruvius, De Architectura 10.3.6
scalmum Jerome, Epistulae. Selections. 1.2
scalmo Cicero, Brutus 197
scalmorum Cicero, De Oratore 1.174
scalmum Cicero, De Officiis 3.59.p3
scalmum Cicero, Brutus 197

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. scalmus (scan p. 622; entry #10240).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. scalmus (scan p. 1392; entry #2455).

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