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sigma

sigma · n

A semicircular couch

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Where it lives

Antoninus Heliogabalus 3 · 5.18/10k
Carmina 2 · 0.89/10k
Epigrammata 2 · 0.36/10k

What it meant

1. sigma — Lewis & Short

sigma, ătis, n., = si/gma (the Greek letter sigma; hence, from its more ancient form, C).

I A semicircular couch for reclining at meals, Mart. 10, 48, 6; 14, 87, 2; Lampr. Heliog. 25.—

II A bathing-tub of the same shape, Sid. Ep. 2, 2 med.; id. Carm. 17, 6.

2. sigma — Walde–Hofmann

sigma (simma), -tis n. „Tafel bzw. halbkreisförmiger Tisch, Speisesofa; Badewanne“ (seit Mart): aus gr. oluua (von der Ähnlichkeit mit dem gr. Zeichen C); s. Schwyzer KZ. 58,189, Gr. Gr. I 215. — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. sigma, p. 1440]

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. sigma (scan p. 648; entry #10720).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. sigma (scan p. 1440; entry #2603).

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