The corpus record — Latin

Triptolemus

Triptolemus · m

a son of Celeus

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Where it lives

Culex, Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 3.83/10k
de raptu Proserpinae 1 · 1.43/10k
Phaedra 1 · 1.41/10k
Carmina 2 · 0.89/10k
Contra Symmachum 1 · 0.83/10k
Ex Ponto 1 · 0.48/10k
Tristia 1 · 0.44/10k
Silvae 1 · 0.4/10k
Tusculanae Disputationes 2 · 0.35/10k
Fasti 1 · 0.32/10k
Metamorphoses 2 · 0.26/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 2 · 0.25/10k

Densest 12 of 17 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Triptŏlĕmus — Lewis & Short

Triptŏlĕmus, i, m., = *tripto/lemos,

I a son of Celeus, king of Eleusis and of Metanira; he was the inventor of agriculture, and became a judge in the infernal regions, Ov. F. 4, 507 sq.; id. Tr. 3, 8, 1; id. M. 5, 646 sq.; Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9; Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 98; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 110; Stat. S. 4, 2, 36; Hyg. Fab. 147.—Prov.: Triptolemo fruges dare, like the Engl. to carry coals to Newcastle, Ov. P. 4, 2, 10. — Hence, Triptŏlĕmĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Triptolemus, i. e. to husbandry, agricultural: dens, i. e. the plough, Fulg. Myth. prol. 1.

Where it came from

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