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scamnum

stool, bench

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Where it lives

De agri cultura 6 · 3.84/10k
Ars Amatoria 2 · 1.34/10k
Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 1 · 0.79/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 6 · 0.76/10k
Satyrarum libri 1 · 0.7/10k
Elegiae 1 · 0.4/10k
De Divinatione 1 · 0.36/10k
Fasti 1 · 0.32/10k
De Medicina 2 · 0.2/10k
Epigrammata 1 · 0.18/10k
Naturalis Historia 5 · 0.13/10k
Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 1 · 0.13/10k

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. scamnum — de Vaan

scamnum 'stool, bench' [n. o] (Cato+) Derivatives: scabi/ellum 'low stool; foot-clapper' (Cato+). Pit. *skambno-. PIE *skmbh-no- 'support'. IE cognates: Skt. pr. skabhnati, pf. caskambha 'to consolidate, prop', skambha- [m.] 'prop, support, pillar', YAv. fra-scinbaiia- 'to consolidate', fra-sk&mba- [m.] 'poich\ fra-scimbana- [n.] 'prop, support, girder*. If scamnum reflects *skab-no-, it is likely that the original … — [de Vaan, s.v. scamnum, p. 556]

2. scamnum — Lewis & Short

scamnum, i, n.for scap-num; root skap-; Gr. skh/ptw, to support; cf.: scabellum, scapus, scipio,

I a bench, stool, step, etc.

I In gen.: quă simplici scansione scandebant in lectum non altum, scabellum; in altiorem, scamnum, Varr. L. L. 5, § 168 Müll.; Ov. A. A. 2, 211; 1, 162: longis considere scamnis, id. F. 6, 305; Cels. 2, 15: sedere in scamnis equitum, Mart. 5, 41, 7.— Of horizontal branches of trees serving as seats, Plin. 12, 1, 5, § 10: ramorum, id. 17, 23, 35, § 201.—Poet., a throne: regni stabilita scamna solumque, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48 fin. (Ann. v. 99 Vahl.).—

II In partic.

A In agriculture, a bank or ridge of earth left in ploughing, a balk (cf.: lira, porca), Col. 2, 2, 25; 2, 4, 3; 3, 13, 10; id. Arb. 12, 2; Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 179.—

B In the agrimensores, the breadth of a field (opp. striga, the length), Auct. Rei Agr. p. 46; 125; 198 Goes.

In the wild

scamno Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 4.3.5.p1
scamnum Celsus, De Medicina 8.20.p2
scamna Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 2.4.6
scamna Cicero, De Divinatione 1.108
scamnum Horace, Satyrarum libri 1.8.2
scamna Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 3.13.10

6 of 29 attestations shown.

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. scamnum (scan p. 556; entry #1556). Root candidates: *skambno-, *skambhno-, *skebhH-.
Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. scamnum (scan p. 623; entry #10249).

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