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tunica

tunica · f

an under-garment of the Romans worn by both sexes

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Where it lives

Appendix Vergiliana 3 · 27.37/10k
Ad Martyras 2 · 13.44/10k
De Pallio 4 · 11.67/10k
Divus Aurelianus 8 · 10.24/10k
Firmus Saturninus, Proculus et Bonosus 2 · 8.64/10k
De Medicina 78 · 7.61/10k
Cento Nuptialis 1 · 7.33/10k
Amores 10 · 6.4/10k
De Fuga in Persecutione 3 · 5.64/10k
Datames 1 · 5.49/10k
Gallieni Duo 2 · 5.44/10k
Saturae 13 · 5.22/10k

Densest 12 of 91 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. tŭnĭca — Lewis & Short

tŭnĭca, ae, f.perh. for tog-nica, from tego,

I an under-garment of the Romans worn by both sexes, a tunic.

I Lit., Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 46; 5, 2, 60; id. Mil. 3, 1, 93; 5, 30; id. Pers. 1, 3, 75; Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 60; id. de Or. 2, 47, 195; Hor. S. 1, 2, 132; id. Ep. 1, 1, 96; 1, 18, 33.—A tunic with long sleeves was thought effeminate, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 48; Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 22; Suet. Calig. 52; Gell. 7, 12, 4: et tunicae manicas habent, Verg. A. 9, 616: manicata, Curt. 3, 3, 13; cf. Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 194: tunicas mutare cottidie, Hier. Ep. 22, 32.—Prov.: tunica propior pallio est, my tunic is nearer than my cloak (like the Engl. near is my shirt, but nearer is my skin), Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 30.—

II Transf., a coating, skin, tegument, membrane, husk, peel, etc., = velamentum, membrana: se medio trudunt de cortice gemmae Et tenues rumpunt tunicas, Verg. G. 2, 75: cum teretes ponunt tunicas aestate cicadae, Lucr. 4, 58; so, oculorum, Cels. 7, 7, 14; Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 147: boletorum, id. 22, 22, 46, § 93: corticis, id. 24, 3, 3, § 7; cf.: inter corticem ac lignum tenues tunicae multiplici membranā, id. 16, 14, 25, § 65; 16, 36, 65, § 163.

2. tunica — Walde–Hofmann

tunica (-on- Isid.), -ae f. „auf dem Leib getragenes, mit kurzen Xrmeln versehenes Hemd der römischen Frauen und Männer, über dem der römische Bürger noch die Toga, die römische Bürgerin die Stola oder das Pallium trug; Bast; Haut, Hülle“ (seit Plaut, rom.), vgl. tunic(u)la, -ae f. „kleine Tunika“ (seit Plt. bzw. Cic.), tunico, -àre „bekleide mit einer Tunika“ Varro, Tunieulärie „Tunikaträgerin“ Komödientitel (Varro … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. tunica, p. 1625]

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. tunica (scan p. 731; entry #12205).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. tunica (scan pp. 1625-1626; entry #3119).

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