The corpus record — Latin

turma

turma · f

a troop

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Where it lives

Carmen Saeculare 1 · 32.36/10k
Griphus Ternarii numeri 1 · 9.35/10k
De Bello Hispaniensi 5 · 8.26/10k
Ephemeris id est totius diei negotium 1 · 7.71/10k
Panegyricus de tertio consulatu Honorii Augusti 1 · 7.24/10k
De Bello Africo 9 · 6.92/10k
In Rufinum 3 · 5.24/10k
Punica 39 · 5.11/10k
Psychomachia 3 · 5/10k
Thebais 29 · 4.64/10k
Culex, Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 3.83/10k
Pro M. Marcello 1 · 3.61/10k

Densest 12 of 66 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. turma — Lewis & Short

turma, ae, f.Sanscr. root tvar-, tur-, hasten; v. turba, a division of Roman cav alry, the tenth part of an ala, consisting at first of thirty, and afterwards of thirty-two men;

I a troop, squadron of horse.

I Lit., Varr. L. L. 5, 16, 26; Veg. Mil. 2, 14; Fest p. 355; Caes. B. G. 4, 33; 6, 8; 7, 45; 7, 80, 7, 88; Hirt. B. G. 8, 19; Cic. Att. 5, 21, 10; id. Fam. 15, 4, 7; Hor. C. 2, 16, 22; id. Ep. 2, 1, 190 al.; cf. Becker, Antiq. 3, 2, p. 258 sq.—

II Transf., in gen., a troop, crowd, throng, band, body: in turmā inauratarum equestrium (statuarum), Cic. Att. 6, 1, 17: immanis Titanum, Hor. C. 3, 4, 43: Iliae, id. C. S. 38: cristatae exercitus. Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 133; id. in Ruf. 2, 343: Alexan dri, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 64: feminea, Ov. P. 4, 10, 51: Gallica, i. e. of priests of Isis, id. Am. 2, 13, 18.

2. turma — Walde–Hofmann

turma, -ae f. „Schar, Schwadron; Schwarm“ (seit Cic., rom., turmälis, -e „scharenweise“ seit Cic., Mask. „Reiter einer Schwadron* seit Liv., turmätim „in Schwadronen, truppweise" seit Caes.): — ags. frym „Menge, lärmende Schar“, an. Zrymr „Lärm“ (über tur- : trus, unter irua; das von Bugge Arm. Beitr. n. 70, KZ. 32,67 angereihte arm, tarm „Schwarm von Vögeln“ ist wegen £, nicht &', und a fernzuhalten); wie turba … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. turma, p. 1627]

In the wild

turmae Tacitus, De Vita Iulii Agricolae 36.3
turmae Vergil, Aeneid 5.560
turmae Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni 7.9.10
turmae Tacitus, Annales 13.p37
turmas Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 6.87
turmas Claudian, Carminum minorum corpusculum 27.83

6 of 318 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. turma (scan p. 732; entry #12225).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. turma (scan p. 1627; entry #3123). Root candidates: *tuer-.

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