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serpĕrastra

serpĕrastra · n

knee-splints

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What it meant

1. serpĕrastra — Lewis & Short

serpĕrastra (serpĭr-), ōrum, n.perh. from serpo - rastrum, creepingsplints,

I knee-splints or knee-bandages for straightening the crooked legs of children. *

I Lit.: pueris in geniculis alligare, Varr. L. L. 9, § 11 Müll.—*

II Transf., humorously of officers, who hold the soldiers in check: de serperastris cohortis meae nihil est quod doleas, Cic. Att. 7, 3, 8.

2. serperastra — Walde–Hofmann

serperastra, -örum ,Knieschienen zum Geraderichten krummer Kinderbeine* (Varro ling. 9, 11), „Zurechtweisungen“ (Cic, Att. 7,3,8 [Boot z. St, übersetzt "frena serpiculum Not, Tir., Heraeus Kl. Schr. 179 A.): Herleitung unklar; vl. zu Wz. *serp- ,krümmen, schneiden* in sarmentum usw. (s. d.). Leumann-Stolz# 218 setzt ein *serperüre an. Jedenfalls nicht von einem Adj. *serperos zu serpö (Wharton Et. lat.), oder zu … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. serperastra, p. 1429]

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