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tus

to spread, tear* is uncertain: Norw. tos

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Where it lives

Medicamina faciei femineae 4 · 65.25/10k
Dittochaeon 1 · 8.17/10k
Ephemeris id est totius diei negotium 1 · 7.71/10k
Culex, Appendix Vergiliana 2 · 7.65/10k
De Medicina 76 · 7.42/10k
Technopaegnion 1 · 6.73/10k
Saturae 3 · 6.63/10k
Fasti 19 · 6.09/10k
Panegyricus dictus Probino et Olybrio consulibus 1 · 5.88/10k
Elegiae 7 · 5.67/10k
Carmina 7 · 5.27/10k
Ex Ponto 9 · 4.34/10k

Densest 12 of 86 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. *tus- — de Vaan

*tus- 'to spread, tear* is uncertain: Norw. tos 'ravel, fuzz', tossa 'to strew', ME — [de Vaan, s.v. *tus-, p. 197]

2. tūs — Lewis & Short

tūs (thūs), tūris, n.from qu/os, to/

I incense, frankincense.

I In gen., Plin. 12, 14, 30, § 51; Plaut. Poen. 2, 3; id. Trin. 4, 2, 89; id. Truc. 2, 5, 27: accendere, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 35, § 77; id. Off. 3, 20, 80; Lucr. 3, 327; Verg. A. 11, 481; id. E. 8, 65; Tib. 1, 3, 34; 1, 7, 53; Prop. 3, 10 (4, 9), 19; Hor. C. 1, 30, 3; 1, 36, 1; 4, 1, 22: irrita tura tulit, Ov. M. 7, 589: centumque Sabaeo Ture calent arae, Verg. A. 1, 417; cf. id. G. 1, 57.—

II Tug terrae, a plant, called also chamaepitys, Plin. 24, 6, 20, § 29.

3. tus — Walde–Hofmann

tus, -üs m. ,Handlung* (seit Ter.): u. Ahtw „Actui, deo Agonio?* (s. v. Planta 1352; aber päl. aticus unsichrer Lesung kaum = ,*aetici*, zuletzt Grienberger KZ. 56, 27); vgl. noch agilis, agmen (e. d. — Kompes.: abigö, gr. Andyw, al. apa-ajati Ger abiga}; adigö, ir. ad-aig „adigit“; ambigö ,schwanke, bin unschlüssig* (s. ambiguus, ambäges), ir. im-aig „treibt herum“, gall. ambactus (s. d.). — Dehnstufig (vgl. ai. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. tus, p. 56]

4. tüs — Walde–Hofmann

tüs, taris n. „Weihrauch“ (seit Plaut., rom.; vgl. taribulum, -i n. „Räucherpfanne“ seit Cic., fürieremus, -a, -um „Weihrauch brennend“ seit Lucr., türifer, -a, -um „Weihrauch bringend* seit Verg.. türilegus, -a, -um „Weihrauch sammelnd* seit Ov., türifieö „bringe Weihrauch“ seit Eccl. rom., vgl. türificatus, -a. -um, türificatió seit Optat., fürifieätor seit Aug., türifica : sacrifica Gl): — synkopiert aus iussis — … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. tüs, p. 1628]

In the wild

6 of 433 attestations shown.

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. tus (scan p. 197; entry #459). Root candidates: *tus-.
Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. tus (scan p. 527; entry #8607).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. tus (scan p. 56; entry #134). Root candidates: *ae-, *ag-.

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