The corpus record — Latin

tippula

tippula · f

an insect that

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Where it lives

Persa 1 · 1.27/10k

What it meant

1. tippŭla — Lewis & Short

tippŭla (tip-), ae, f.,

I an insect that runs swiftly over the water, the water-spider, water - spinner, Varr. ap. Non. 180, 11. — Transf., of any very light object: neque tippulai leonis pondu'st quam fides lenonia, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 62; v. Ritschl ad h. l.

2. tippüla — Walde–Hofmann

tippüla, tipnlla (nicht tippüle, s. Pauli KZ. 18, 30, Havet MSL. 5, 46 [*püla — wüXAa, unrichtig]. -ae f. „Wasserspinne“ (Plaut. Persa . 244, Varro Men. 50, vgl. Buecheler Kl. Schr. I 1065. Zusammenhang mit gr. ripn f. „Wasserspinne“ (Vanitek 110 usw.) ist trotz Havet a. Ö. unzweifelhaft, do liegt wohl trotz der ungeklärten Suffixbildung Entlehnung aus dem Griech. vor (s. Keller Volkset. 58 f.); anders Petersson … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. tippüla, p. 1592]

In the wild

tippulae Plautus, Persa 2.2

Where it came from

Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. tippüla (scan pp. 1592-1593; entry #3026).

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