The corpus record — Latin

ulmus

ulmus · f

an elm

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Where it lives

Epilogus 1 · 74.07/10k
Georgicon 12 · 8.48/10k
Ephemeris id est totius diei negotium 1 · 7.71/10k
Eclogues 3 · 6.61/10k
De agri cultura 6 · 3.84/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 29 · 3.68/10k
Saturae 1 · 2.21/10k
Epistulae 2 · 2.02/10k
Epidicus 1 · 1.54/10k
Carmina 2 · 1.5/10k
de raptu Proserpinae 1 · 1.43/10k
Amores 2 · 1.28/10k

Densest 12 of 33 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. ulmus — Lewis & Short

ulmus, i, f. (

I masc., Cat. 62, 54; v. infra), an elm, elm-tree.

I Lit., Plin. 17, 11, 15, § 76; Col. 5, 6; Verg. G. 1, 2; 2, 446; Ov. M. 10, 100; 14, 661; Hor. C. 1, 2, 9; 2, 15, 5; id. Ep. 1, 16, 3; Quint. 8, 3, 8 al.— Poet.: (vitis) conjuncta ulmo marito, Cat. 62, 54.—

II Transf.: ulmorum Acheruns, the Acheron of elm-rods, of one who is often beaten, Plaut. Am. 4, 2, 9; cf. ulmitriba: Falernae, i. e. Falernian vines, for Falernian wine, Juv. 6, 150: viduae, without vines, id. 8, 78.

2. ulmus — Walde–Hofmann

ulmus, -i f. „Ulme, Rüster^ (seit Cato, rom), ulmeus, -a, -um „zur Ulme gehörig” (seit Plaut. und Cato); uimärius, -a, -um und ulmárium, A n. „Ulmenpflanzung“ (seit Plin.); «metum, -ı ds. CL, 812 ulna — ulpicum. rom.; ulmitriba, -ae m. Pit. Persa 279 (hybride Bldg. vou ulmus und tpißw, gewissermaßen , Ulmenbrecher, auf dessen Rücken man Ruten aus Ulmen bricht“): aus idg. *Imó- (Wz. *el- „gelb* in ahd. elo usw., s. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. ulmus, p. 1719]

In the wild

ulmum Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 15.15.p2
ulmis Vergil, Georgicon 2.72
Ulmorum Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 17.11.p2
ulmi Martial, Epigrammata 4.13.5
Ulmus Ovid, Metamorphoses 14.661
ulmus Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 5.6.12

6 of 139 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. ulmus (scan p. 477; entry #7715).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ulmus (scan pp. 1719-1720; entry #3302). Root candidates: *el-.

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