The corpus record — Latin

tunico

to clothe with a tunic

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Where it lives

Vitellius 1 · 4.15/10k
C. Caligula 2 · 2.62/10k
Saturae 1 · 2.21/10k
Ars Amatoria 3 · 2.02/10k
Divus Augustus 2 · 1.49/10k
Nero 1 · 1.28/10k
Pro M. Caelio 1 · 1.18/10k
Dialogus de Oratoribus 1 · 1.08/10k
Epistulae 1 · 1.01/10k
Poenulus 1 · 0.91/10k
Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k
Epistulae 1 · 0.39/10k

Densest 12 of 21 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

tŭnĭco — Lewis & Short

tŭnĭco, no

I perf., ātum, 1, v. a. tunica, to clothe with a tunic.

I In the verb. finit. only once: tunicare homulum, Varr. ap. Non. 182, 17.—

II In part. perf. (freq. and class.): tŭnĭcātus, a, um, clothed with a tunic, Cic. Cael. 5, 11; cf. in poet. transf., of life in the country: o tunicata quies! Mart. 10, 51, 6.—Of the common people, who went clothed simply with the tunic: novistin' tu illunc tunicatum hominem? Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 2: qui metus erat tunicatorum illorum? Cic. Agr. 2, 34, 94: popellus, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 65; Tac. Or. 7.—So of the Carthaginians: juventus, Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 12 (Ann. v. 331 Vahl.).—

B Transf., covered with a coat, skin, or peel, coated: tunicatum caepe, Pers. 4, 3.

Where it came from

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