The corpus record — Latin

talutatium

talutatium · n

the superficial indication of the presence of gold under the earth

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What it meant

talutatium — Lewis & Short

talutatium, ii, n.; mining t. t.,

I the superficial indication of the presence of gold under the earth: cum ita inventum est in summo caespite, talutatium vocant, si et aurosa tellus subest, Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 67 (Sillig, talutium).

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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