1. tămărix — Lewis & Short
tămărix, īcis, f.,
I a tamarisk, tamariskshrub, Col. 8, 15, 4; Luc. 9, 916.—Called also tămărīcē, Plin. 13, 21, 37, § 116; 24, 9, 41, § 67; and tămăriscus, Pail. Nov. 8, 1.
The corpus record — Latin
tamarix
tamarix · f
a tamarisk
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Where it lives
- Res Rustica, Books I-IX 4 · 0.51/10k
- Naturalis Historia 11 · 0.28/10k
- Pharsalia 1 · 0.2/10k
- De Medicina 1 · 0.1/10k
What it meant
2. tamarix — Walde–Hofmann
tamarix, -ieis f. „Tamariske" (seit Cels. und Colum., tamarica f., tamarice f, Plin., tamariscus Pallad.? (doch s. Svennung Unt. 609: nur in älteren edd. des Pallad., rom.], tamaricium seit Itala, GL, tamarinda Chiron, GL): nach Schuchardt Sb. Wien 188, 4. Abh. p. 16 berberisch, vgl. berber. mimun ds., tabarkat, taberka ds., tabuda, tagantes ds.; Nencioni SHtFCI. 16, 26 f. vergleicht noch berb. tämmatt, amay ds. Die … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. tamarix, p. 1554]
In the wild
- tamaricem Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 24.9.p5
- tamaricen Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 13.21.p3
- tamarici Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 16.21
- tamaricis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 28.7.p3
- tamaricis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 28.11.p1
- tamaricis Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 7.10.8
6 of 17 attestations shown.
Where it came from
- Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. tamarix (scan p. 700; entry #11625).
- Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. tamarix (scan p. 1554; entry #2926).
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