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tribulum

tribulum · n

a threshing-sledge

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Where it lives

Res Rustica, Books I-IX 1 · 0.13/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

1. trībŭlum — Lewis & Short

trībŭlum (trīvŏl-), i, n.tero,

I a threshing-sledge, consisting of a wooden platform studded underneath with sharp pieces of flint or with iron teeth, Varr. L. L. 5, § 21 Müll.; id. R. R. 1, 22, 1; 1, 52, 1; Plin. 18, 30, 72, § 298; Verg. G. 1, 164. — Collat. form trībŭla, ae, f., Col. 2, 20, 4; 1, 6, 23; 12, 52, 7; Vulg. 1 Par. 20, 3.

2. tribulum — Walde–Hofmann

tribulum, -i n. ,Dreschbrett, unten mit Eisenstückchen besetzt, von Ochsen über die zu entkórnenden Ähren geschleift* (seit Verg), tribulö, -äre ,presse* (Cato), spätl, „peinige, bedránge*: zuterö, s. o. II 672 (Curtius 222, Vanidek 105); aber -trIba in flagri-, ulmitriba (Plaut) enthält wohl 7 (hybride Bildung = gr. rpfßng). — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. tribulum, p. 1611]

In the wild

tribulique Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.485
tribulique Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 7.3.9

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. tribulum (scan p. 726; entry #12084).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. tribulum (scan p. 1611; entry #3073).

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