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scandula

scandula · f

a shingle

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What it meant

1. scandŭla — Lewis & Short

scandŭla (later form scindŭla, as if from scindo), ae, f.dim.scando,

I a shingle for a roof (so named from their rising, like steps, one above the other); mostly plur., Hirt. B. G. 8, 42 init.; Plin. 16, 10, 15, § 36; 16, 10, 18, § 42; Col. 8, 3, 6; Vitr. 2, 1; Isid. 19, 19, 7; Pall. 1, 22.

2. scandula — Walde–Hofmann

scandula, -ae f. „Schindel, Dachschindel“ (seit Hirt. [Meusel zu Gell.8, 42, 1)), scin duda, -ae ds. (seit Pallad., beide rom.; daraus entl. ahd. scintula Schrader-Nehring Il? 694, Kluge!! s, Schindel; ir. slind „Ziegel, flacher Stein“, bret. sklent „Schiefer“ ıst Umstellung aus lat. scindula, *sindla, *sklinda nach Pedersen I 84): zu gr. oxe- scanosis — scapulae. 489 5dvvüpt ,zersprenge, zerstreue", abltd. (vgl. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. scandula, p. 1394]

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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. scandula (scan p. 623; entry #10261).
  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. scandula (scan pp. 1394-1395; entry #2459). Root candidates: *sgeid-, *sken-, *seg-.

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