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sculna

sculna · m

a mediator

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Where it lives

Noctes Atticae 2 · 0.18/10k

What it meant

1. sculna — Lewis & Short

sculna, ae, m.contr. from seculna, in vulg. lang. = sequester,

I a mediator, arbiter, umpire, Lavin. and Varr. ap. Gell. 20, 11, 2; Macr. S. 2, 13 fin.

2. sculna — Walde–Hofmann

sculna, -ae m. „Schiedsrichter“ (seit Varro): etruskisch (wie seurra), vgl. etr. scoulna, Schola, Scul-tenna usw. (Herbig Gl. 15, 225). Nicht wie an. skilja „scheiden, unterscheiden, entscheiden“ zu & Gk0AÀU „zerreiße* usw. (Vanidek 319, Persson Wzerw. 107), 2. *sgel- „spalten“, s. quisquiliae, scalpö. — Auch nicht zu secare und sequester trotz Lavinius bei Gell. 20,1 (s. auch Lindsay-Nohl 211) und Bréal MSL. 5, 29. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. sculna, p. 1408]

In the wild

sculnam Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 20.11.2
Sculnam Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 20.11.4

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. sculna (scan p. 630; entry #10398).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. sculna (scan p. 1408; entry #2516). Root candidates: *sgel-.

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