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tesqua

(-sc-), -örum (mit und ohne /oca) n

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Where it lives

Epistulae 1 · 1.01/10k
Carmina 2 · 0.89/10k
Pharsalia 1 · 0.2/10k

What it meant

tesqua — Walde–Hofmann

tesqua (-sc-), -örum (mit und ohne /oca) n. „Einöden, düstere Gegenden“ (seit Acc., Wort der religiösen Sprache, vgl. Varro ling. 7,10 loca quaedam agrestia, quod. alicuius dei sunt, Paul. Fest. p. 356 loca augurio designäta eqs. Schol Hor. epist. 1, 14, 19 [oca déserta et difficilia linguà Sabinorum, vgl. dazu Ernout El. dial. lat. 236, Norden Priesterb. 17f., 20#., 30, 260): wohl nach Walde LEW.? 776, Wood … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. tesqua, p. 1583]

In the wild

tesqua Horace, Epistulae 1.14.19
tesqua Sidonius Apollinaris, Carmina 16.91
tesqua Sidonius Apollinaris, Carmina 5.91
tesqua Lucan, Pharsalia 6.41

Where it came from

Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. tesqua (scan p. 1583; entry #2988). Root candidates: *ters-.

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