The corpus record — Latin

turdus

thrush (or similar bird)

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Where it lives

De Re Coquinaria 6 · 3.83/10k
Epodon 1 · 3.33/10k
Epigrammata 14 · 2.49/10k
Satyrarum libri 3 · 2.11/10k
Antoninus Heliogabalus 1 · 1.73/10k
De ieiunio adversus psychicos 1 · 1.69/10k
Epistularum 1 · 1.1/10k
Tiberius 1 · 1.1/10k
Epistulae 1 · 1.01/10k
Bacchides 1 · 1.01/10k
Satyricon 3 · 0.99/10k
Ars Amatoria 1 · 0.67/10k

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

What it meant

1. turdus — de Vaan

turdus 'thrush (or similar bird)' [m. ο] (Ρ1.+) Derivatives: turdarium 'enclosure for thrushes' (Varro), turdetice 'magpie (?)' (Varro). Pit. *torzdo~. PIE *(s)tr(o)sdho- 'thrush'. IE cognates: Olr. truit, -d 'thrush' [f.] < *trozdi-y W. tussis tresglen; Aim. tordik, OPr. tresde 'thrush', Lith, strazdas, Latv. strazds 'thrush, blackbird, (dial) starling', Ru. drozd*, gen.sg. drozda 4 thrush', cerryj drozd blackbird' … — [de Vaan, s.v. turdus, p. 648]

2. turdus — Lewis & Short

turdus, i, m. (collat. form turda, ae, f.,

Pers. 6, 24; denied by Varr. L. L. 9, § 55 Müll.; cf. id. R. R. 3, 5, 6) [cf. O. H. Germ. trosca; Angl. Sax. throsle; Engl. thrush].

I Lit., a thrush, a fieldfare, Plin. 10, 25, 36, § 73; Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 15; 3, 5, 1 sq.; Col. 8, 10; Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 41; id. Epod. 2, 34; id. S. 2, 2, 74; 2, 5, 10; Mart. 13, 92, 1 al.—

II Transf., a kind of fish, a seacarp, Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 151; Col. 8, 16, 8; 8, 17, 8; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, 12, 23; Quint. 8, 2, 8.

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. turdus (scan pp. 648-649; entry #1859). Root candidates: *prastu-, *torzda-, *tjzdo-.
Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. turdus (scan p. 732; entry #12220).

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