The corpus record — Latin

temulentus

containg temo-\ this points to an original o-stem *temo-

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Where it lives

Tacitus 1 · 3.24/10k
Cum Senatui Gratias Egit 1 · 2.31/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 41-42 - 41 1 · 1.32/10k
Andria 1 · 1.02/10k
Apologia 2 · 0.93/10k
Eunuchus 1 · 0.92/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 33-34 - 33 1 · 0.87/10k
Octavius 1 · 0.86/10k
Contra Symmachum 1 · 0.83/10k
Historiae 4 · 0.78/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 9 1 · 0.62/10k
Pro P. Sestio 1 · 0.6/10k

Densest 12 of 26 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. temulentus — de Vaan

temulentus 'containg temo-\ this points to an original o-stem *temo- 'intoxication1, which may continue a PIE root noun. Long e is confirmed by Armenian and Germanic, but Skt. tamyati probably has secondary -a-. BibL: WH II: 657, EM 679£, IEW 1063, Schrijver 1991: 127, LIV *temH-, -> temere temno, -ere cto scorn, despise' [v. Ill] (Lucr.+) Derivatives: contemnere 'to despise, scorn' [pf. contempsl, ppp. contemptum) … — [de Vaan, s.v. temulentus, p. 623]

2. tēmŭlentus — Lewis & Short

tēmŭlentus, a, um, adj. [root tem, whence temetum; formed in analogy with vinolentus.

I Lit., drunk, drunken, intoxicated (syn.: ebrius, vinosus): agite, exite, temulentum tollite, Nov. ap. Fest. s. v. temetum, p. 364 Müll.; Afran. ib.: mulier, Ter. And. 1, 4, 2: tempestatem impendentem tueri temulentus, Cic. Sest. 9, 20: per quam (Indiam) temulento agmine comisabundus incessit, Liv. 9, 17, 17; 33, 28, 2: ipsum offendunt temulento sopore profligatum, M. Cael. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 123: apud Vitellium omnia indisposita, temulenta, Tac. H. 2, 68: temulentae reliquiae sumptuosissimae cenae, Sen. Contr. 4, 25, 4. — Comp.: putidior, temulentior, Sid. Ep. 3, 13.—Subst. plur.: tēmŭlenti, ōrum, m., Sen. Ep. 47, 4.—*

II Transf.: caesaries ambrosiā temulenta, i. e. dripping, App. M. 5, p. 168, 22.

In the wild

temulenta Minucius Felix, Octavius 5.13
temulenti Historia Augusta, Tacitus 2
temulenta Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 12.1.17
temulentus Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 9.14.3
temulentus Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni 9.7.17
temulentus Livy, Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 41-42 - 41 p3

6 of 42 attestations shown.

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. temulentus (scan p. 623; entry #1778). Root candidates: *temo-, *temH-.

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