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scrōfŭlae

scrōfŭlae · f

a swelling of the glands of the neck

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What it meant

1. scrōfŭlae — Lewis & Short

scrōfŭlae, ārum, f.1. scrofa,

I a swelling of the glands of the neck, scrofula, Veg. 3, 23, 1.

2. scrofulae — Walde–Hofmann

scrofulae, -ärum „Halsdrüsen, Halsgeschwulst, Skrofeln" (Veg., rom.), ebenso *scöfellae, *seröfulösus: Demin. zu scrófa , Mutterschwein“ (s. d.). Zur Bed. vgl. gr. xoipdz „Skrofeln“: xoipoc „Schwein“ (Hartmann KZ. 54, 289) und alb. $ója „angeschwollene Drüsen“: i wein", ” Nicht besser Wadstein IF. 5,19: zu isl hriufr ,roh", hrufa Kruste“, ahd. riob, ags. hr&of 'scabiösue’, nhd. bair, Rife , Wundkruste“, schwed. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. scrofulae, p. 1407]

Where it came from

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