1. thymbra — Lewis & Short
thymbra, ae, f., = qu/mbra,
I a plant, savory: Satureia hortensis, Linn.; Plin. 19, 8, 50, § 165; Col. 9, 4, 6; 9, 10, 233; Verg. G. 4, 31; Stat. S. 1, 2, 21; Petr. 135.
The corpus record — Latin
thymbra1
thymbra1 · f
a plant
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Where it lives
- Silvae 2 · 0.8/10k
- Georgicon 1 · 0.71/10k
- Res Rustica, Books I-IX 4 · 0.51/10k
- Carmina 1 · 0.45/10k
- Satyricon 1 · 0.33/10k
- Thebais 1 · 0.16/10k
- Aeneid 1 · 0.16/10k
- Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k
What it meant
2. Thymbra — Lewis & Short
Thymbra, ae, or Thymbrē, ēs, f., = *qu/mbrh,
I a city in Troas, with a temple of Apollo, Plin. 5, 30, 33, § 126 (dub.; al. Cambre); Stat. S. 4, 7, 22.—Hence,
A Thym-braeus, i, m., the Thymbræan, an epithet of Apollo, Verg. A. 3, 85; cf. Macr. S. 1, 17, and Fest. p. 356 Müll.—
B thymbrae-um, i, n., another name for the sisymbrium silvestre, Plin. 20, 22, 91, § 247.
3. thymbra — Walde–Hofmann
thymbra, -ae f. ,Saturei (Küchenkraut)“ (Verg): — entl. aus gr. Süpgpa ds. — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. thymbra, p. 1587]
In the wild
- Thymbra Statius, Thebais 8.202
- Thymbrae Statius, Silvae 4.7.22
- thymbraeque Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 9.14.10
- thymbram Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 19.8.p17
- Thymbrae Statius, Silvae 1.2.222
- thymbrae Petronius, Satyricon 135
6 of 12 attestations shown.
Where it came from
- Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. thymbra (scan p. 1587; entry #3005).
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