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tricae

complications, tricks; trifles

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Mostellaria 1 · 1.04/10k
Satyricon 1 · 0.33/10k
Epigrammata 1 · 0.18/10k
Epistulae ad Familiares 1 · 0.09/10k
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What it meant

1. tricae — de Vaan

tricae 'complications, tricks; trifles' [f.pl. a] (PL+) Derivatives: tried 'twister' (Lucil.+), tricosus 'given to trickery* (Lucil.+); extricare 'to set free, solve* (PL+), intrrcare 'to entangle, embarass' (PL+). Uncertain etymology. One might compare Toch. *treiK- in ToB aor. traiksa 'missed, triquetrus did not succeed', sb. trisaip 'must miss', but Tocharian allows for several different phonological … — [de Vaan, s.v. tricae, p. 643]

2. trīcae — Lewis & Short

trīcae, ārum, f.acc. to Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 104, orig. Trīca, ae, f., like Apina, the name of a small town in Apulia; but cf. Sanscr. trkvan, thief; and Lat. tricor, extricare, etc.; hence, prov.,

I trifles, toys, trumpery, stuff, nonsense.

I Lit.: sunt apinae tricaeque et siquid vilius istis, Mart. 14, 1, 7: Gri. Quid dare velis? Eloquere propere. La. Nummos trecentos. Gri. Tricas. La. Quadringentos. Gri. Tramas putridas, Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 36.—

II Transf., hinderances, vexations, perplexities, subterfuges, quirks, wiles, tricks: judicia, lites, turbas, tricas, Turp. ap. Non. 8, 26; cf.: quomodo illa (Tullia) fert publicam cladem, quomodo domesticas tricas! Cic. Att. 10, 8, 9: nihil mihi opus est litibus neque tricis, Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 62; 5, 2, 18: quas tu mihi tricas narras? id. Curc. 5, 2, 15: quin tu istas mittis tricas, id. Most. 3, 1, 45; Varr. ap. Non. 8, 29; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 5, 2; cf.: trico, tricor, and tricosus.

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. tricae (scan pp. 643-644; entry #1846). Root candidates: *treiK-, *trhri-.

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