1. scrōfa — Lewis & Short
scrōfa, ae, f.root skrabh-, v. scribo,
I a breeding-sow, Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 4; Col. 7, 9, 2; 7, 11, 3; Pall. Febr. 26, 1; Juv. 6, 177; 12, 73.
The corpus record — Latin
Scrofa2
Scrofa2 · f
a breeding-sow
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Where it lives
- Captivi 1 · 1.16/10k
- Fabulae Aesopiae 1 · 0.91/10k
- Res Rustica, Books I-IX 7 · 0.89/10k
- Saturae 2 · 0.8/10k
- Letters to Atticus 4 · 0.33/10k
- Satyricon 1 · 0.33/10k
- Naturalis Historia 8 · 0.2/10k
- Adversus Marcionem 1 · 0.12/10k
- Noctes Atticae 1 · 0.09/10k
What it meant
2. Scrōfa — Lewis & Short
Scrōfa, ae, m.1. scrofa,
I a Roman surname, taken from swine-breeding, Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 1 sq. (a less probable derivation is given by Macr. S. 1, 6 fin.); Cic. Att. 5, 4, 2; 6, 1, 13 al.
In the wild
- scrofa Phaedrus, Fabulae Aesopiae appendix.17.1
- Scrofa Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 17.23.p1
- Scrofa Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 1.18.p87
- scrofa Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 18.6.4
- Scrofa Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 3.12.5
- Scrofa Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 1.11.p149
6 of 26 attestations shown.
Where it came from
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