1. tūfa — Lewis & Short
tūfa, ae, f.,
I a kind of helmet-crest; or, acc. to others, a kind of military standard, Veg. Mil. 3, 5; cf. Lyd. Magistr. 1, 8 (hence the Fr. toupet).
The corpus record — Latin
Tufa
Tufa · f
a kind of helmet-crest
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- Res Gestae 4 · 0.31/10k
What it meant
2. tüfa — Walde–Hofmann
tüfa, -ae f. „Art Helmbüschel^ (Veg, Lyd., rom): nicht als o.-u. Wort zu tüber, da von Lydus magist. 1,8 als barbarisches Wort bezeichnet. Vlm. germanisch, vgl. ags. Püf „Fahne, Laubbüschel* (s. Kluge Cl. 2, 56, Ernout El. dial. lat. 240). — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. tüfa, p. 1622]
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Where it came from
- Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. tüfa (scan p. 1622; entry #3111).
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