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tribulus

tribulus · m

an instrument resting on three of its iron prongs

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Georgicon 2 · 1.41/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 3 · 0.69/10k
Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 1 · 0.14/10k
Adversus Marcionem 1 · 0.12/10k
Naturalis Historia 4 · 0.1/10k
Noctes Atticae 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

1. trĭbŭlus — Lewis & Short

trĭbŭlus (trĭbŏl-), i, m., = tri/bolos,

I an instrument resting on three of its iron prongs, while a fourth projected upward, thrown on the ground to impede an enemy's cavalry, a caltrop.

I Lit.: tribulos abjecerunt, Veg. Mil. 3, 24.—

II Transf., from its resemblance in form.

A A kind of thorn or thistle, land-caltrops: Tribulus terrestris, Linn.; Verg. G. 1, 153; Ov. M. 13, 803; Plin. 21, 15, 54, § 91: spinae et tribuli, Vulg. Gen. 3, 18.—

B A kind of water-plant bearing a prickly nut of a triangular form, water - chestnut, water - caltrops: Trapa natans, Linn.; Plin. 21, 16, 58, § 98.

2. tribulus — Walde–Hofmann

tribulus, -? m. „Burzeldorn, ein stachliges Unkraut“ (seit Verg.. rom.): entl. aus gr. tpißoAog ds. tribuö s. tribus. — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. tribulus, p. 1611]

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. tribulus (scan p. 726; entry #12085).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. tribulus (scan p. 1611; entry #3074).

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