1. scrūta — Lewis & Short
scrūta, ōrum, n.sibilated from gru/th,
I old or broken stuff, trash, frippery, trumpery, Lucil. ap. Gell. 3, 14, 10; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 65; Petr. 62, 1; Vulg. 3 Reg. 10, 15; id. 2 Esdr. 3, 30.
The corpus record — Latin
scruta
scruta · n
broken stuff
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Where it lives
- Epistulae 1 · 1.01/10k
- Satyricon 1 · 0.33/10k
- Noctes Atticae 1 · 0.09/10k
What it meant
2. scrüta — Walde–Hofmann
scrüta, -orwm „altes Gerümpel, Tródelware" (seit Hor; 8. serautum (mit Ableitungen): wohl aus gr. ypürn f. , Gerümpel^ entl. wie scrófa (s. d.) aus gr. ypoupdc. Keinesfalls nach Fick KZ. 20, 362, Curtius 703, Osthoff MU. 4, 124. 266! mit TpUr urverwandt. An sich möglich wäre dagegen Beziehung zu scrautum, s. d. (Vanidek 319, Persson Wzerw. 124%, s. noch Goetz Comm. Wolfflin. 129). — Walde-P. II 586. scrütillus … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. scrüta, p. 1408]
In the wild
- scruta Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 3.14.10
- scruta Petronius, Satyricon 62
- scruta Horace, Epistulae 1.7.65
Where it came from
- Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. scrüta (scan p. 1408; entry #2512).
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