1. scŏlŏpendra — Lewis & Short
scŏlŏpendra, ae, f., = skolo/pendra.
I A kind of multipede, a scolopendra, Plin. 8, 29, 43, § 104.—
II A kind of sea-fish, Plin. 9, 43, 67, § 143.
The corpus record — Latin
scolopendra
scolopendra · f
A kind of multipede
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Where it lives
- Naturalis Historia 23 · 0.58/10k
What it meant
2. scolopendra — Walde–Hofmann
scolopendra, -ae f. „Tausendfuß; Meerfisch“ (seit Plin., -os Marcell. med., -ion Ps. Apul., rom): Lw. aus gr. axoAónevbpa „Assel, Seewurm*, — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. scolopendra, p. 1403]
In the wild
- scolopendrae Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 32.10.p10
- scolopendras Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 20.15.p1
- scolopendras Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 22.22.p2
- scolopendrae Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 1.9.p72
- scolopendras Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 28.6.p4
- scolopendra Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 11.28.p2
6 of 23 attestations shown.
Where it came from
- Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. scolopendra (scan p. 628; entry #10349).
- Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. scolopendra (scan p. 1403; entry #2492).
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