1. scāzon — Lewis & Short
scāzon, ontis, m., = ska/zwn (limping),
I an iambic trimeter, with a spondee or trochee in the last foot, Plin. Ep. 5, 11, 2; cf. Mart. 1, 97, 1; 7, 25, 1.
The corpus record — Latin
scazon
scazon · m
an iambic trimeter
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Where it lives
- Epigrammata 3 · 0.53/10k
- Letters 1 · 0.15/10k
What it meant
2. scazön — Walde–Hofmann
scazön, -tis „hinkend, Hinkvers* (seit Mart.): Lw.aus gr. axdZu) ds., das zu an. skakkr „schief, hinkend", ahd. Ainkam „hinken“, ai. khänjeti ,hinkt^ gehört, scelotyrb&, -zs f. „Knieläihmung“ (Plin. epist): Lw. aus gr. oxekotbppn. scelus, -eris n. „Bosheit, Verruchtheit, Verbrechen" (seit Plaut., ebenso scelerütus ,verrucht" [vgl. Scelerätus vicus, campus] [-8 seit Rhet. Her.] und scelerus ds. [durch falsche Deutung … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. scazön, p. 1398]
In the wild
- scazon Martial, Epigrammata 1.96.1
- Scazon Martial, Epigrammata 7.26.10
- Scazon Martial, Epigrammata 7.26.1
- scazontes Pliny the Younger, Letters 5.10.2
Where it came from
- Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. scazön (scan pp. 1398-1399; entry #2466). Root candidates: *sgel-, *kwlo-, *skul-.
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