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tomaculum

tomaculum · n

a kind of sausage

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What it meant

1. tŏmācŭlum — Lewis & Short

tŏmācŭlum, or, contr., tŏmā-clum, i, n.tomh/, a cutting in pieces,

I a kind of sausage, probably similar to our brain- or liver-sausage, Juv. 10, 355; Mart. 1, 42, 9; Petr. 31 fin.; 39 fin.; v. the preced. art., and cf. Becker, Gallus, 3, p. 193 (2d edit.).

2. tomäculum — Walde–Hofmann

tomäculum, -i n. „Art Bratwürste" (Plin., Petron., Mart., Iuv.; -árius Not. Tir., -acellus Gl., rom, *-acella; tomácina, das Stolz HG. I 487 aus Varro rust. 2, 4, 10 zitiert [ebenso Saalfeld: -ina] ist fehlerhafte Konj. [überl. comat-, wofür Keil Comäcina schreibt]): wohl entl. aus gr. roufj f. „abgeschnittenes Stück" (Saalfeld, Heraeus Kl. Schr. 149 f. 254, auch zur vlt. Nbf. tomátula; tomáculum nach habitäculum … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. tomäculum, p. 1597]

Where it came from

  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. tomaculum (scan p. 718; entry #11937).
  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. tomäculum (scan p. 1597; entry #3038).

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