The corpus record — Latin

simia

simia · f

An ape

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Where it lives

Mercator 6 · 7.01/10k
Pseudolus 6 · 5.42/10k
Rudens 5 · 4.21/10k
Miles Gloriosus 5 · 3.94/10k
Maximini Duo 1 · 1.84/10k
Nero 1 · 1.28/10k
Saturae 3 · 1.21/10k
Mostellaria 1 · 1.04/10k
Poenulus 1 · 0.91/10k
Contra Symmachum 1 · 0.83/10k
De Divinatione 2 · 0.73/10k
Peristephanon Liber 1 · 0.57/10k

Densest 12 of 21 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. sīmĭa — Lewis & Short

sīmĭa, ae, f. (rarely m.), or sīmĭus, ii, m.etym. dub.; perh. akin with similis.

I An ape, Plin. 8, 54, 80, § 215; 11, 44, 100, § 246; Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 97 (Sat. v. 45 Vahl.); Cic. Div. 1, 34, 76; 2, 32, 69; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 7; 2, 2, 23; 2, 2, 106; id. Rud. 3, 1, 6 sq.; 3, 4, 66; Quint. 5, 11, 30 al. —Form simius, Phaedr. 1, 10, 6; 1, 10, 8; Mart. 14, 202; Claud. in Eutr. 1, 303.—

II Esp.

A As a term of abuse (hence even simia in the masc.): quis hic est simia, qui, etc., Afran. ap. Charis. p. 84; so, simia, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 2: simius, Laber. ap. Charis. l. l.; Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10, 1.—

B Of imitators: vide, ut fastidit simia! Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 4; so, simia, Plin Ep. 1, 5, 2; Capitol. Max. jun. 1; Sid. Ep. 1, 1: simius, Hor. S. 1, 10, 18; Sen. Contr. 4, 26 fin.

2. simia — Walde–Hofmann

simia, -ae c. (simius m. seit Cic.) „Affe“ (seit Enn. und Plaut., rom.; v. 1. simiätor seit Porph.); nach Kretschmer KZ. 38, 563, Wiener Eranos 1909, 122, Solmsen-Fraenkel EN. 6 von simus (s. d.) aus gr, oiuög „stumpfnäsig“, Benennung von der oiuöms auf dem Umweg eines gr. Xigíag (euphemistisch dafür KoAkiac). — Aus simia *simiuncula entl. mndl. simme, -inkel (Kluge s. Affe). Verfehlt Mahlow Neue Wege 508 (sumus aus … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. simia, p. 1444]

Where it came from

Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. simia (scan p. 1444; entry #2618).

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