The corpus record — Latin

uir

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Where it lives

Fragmenta 1 · 74.07/10k
Moretum, Appendix Vergiliana 3 · 38.76/10k
Punica 271 · 35.52/10k
Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 199 · 28.22/10k
Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 189 · 23.77/10k
Florida 18 · 22.85/10k
Suasoriae 23 · 22.39/10k
Excerpta Controversiae 46 · 21.46/10k
Domitianus 7 · 20.34/10k
Apologia 43 · 20.01/10k
Controversiae 130 · 19.71/10k
Otho 3 · 19.02/10k

Densest 12 of 48 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

In the wild

uirorum Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 3.5.pr
uirum Silius Italicus, Punica 4.623
uiro Silius Italicus, Punica 13.782
uirum Apuleius, Apologia 75
uirorum Silius Italicus, Punica 15.406
uir Apuleius, Apologia 94

6 of 1,262 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. vir (scan p. 695; entry #1999). Root candidates: *wiro-, *uiro-, *mro-.
Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. uir (scan p. 763; entry #12730).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. vir (scan pp. 1704-1705; entry #3268). Root candidates: *uei-, *ui-.

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