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urceus

urceus · m

neutr. collat. form ur-cĕum, Cato, R. R. 13, 1) [Gr. u)/rxa, a jar; cf. orca], a pitcher, water-pot, ewer, Dig. 33, 7…

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Where it lives

Dittochaeon 1 · 8.17/10k
De agri cultura 10 · 6.39/10k
Divus Claudius 1 · 3.37/10k
De Arte Poetica liber 1 · 3.24/10k
De Corona 1 · 2.06/10k
Miles Gloriosus 1 · 0.79/10k
Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 1 · 0.79/10k
Epigrammata 3 · 0.53/10k
De Architectura 2 · 0.35/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 1 · 0.23/10k
Naturalis Historia 6 · 0.15/10k
Adversus Marcionem 1 · 0.12/10k

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. urcĕus — Lewis & Short

urcĕus, i, m. (

I neutr. collat. form ur-cĕum, Cato, R. R. 13, 1) [Gr. u)/rxa, a jar; cf. orca], a pitcher, water-pot, ewer, Dig. 33, 7, 18, § 3; Hor. A. P. 22; Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 18; Cn. Matius ap. Gell. 10, 24, 10; Plin. 19, 5, 24, § 71; Col. 12, 52, 8; Mart. 11, 56, 3; 12, 32, 16 al.

2. urceus — Walde–Hofmann

urceus (urcewm Cato agr. 13, 1), - m. „Krug, Wasserkrug* (seit Plaut. und Cato, rom. ürceus). Abltgg.: wrceolus, -ı m. (und urceolum, Gl. orce-, orei-, urci-) (eit Sen., rom.); urceola (seit Pelagon.; urceoläris, -e sc. herba seit crib. Long.); wrceatém (Petron); wohl zu gr. ópyn (&ol. ópyn) „irdenes Gefäß für eingesalzene Fische* (Vanidek 42, Bezzenberger BB. 7,64, der aber BB. 27, 178 ópyn zu lit. wárZas „Korb zum … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. urceus, p. 1746]

In the wild

urceis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 19.8.p4
urceus Prudentius, Dittochaeon 11.42
urceus Martial, Epigrammata 14.106.1
urceum Jerome, Epistulae. Selections. 107.3
urceus Sidonius Apollinaris, Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 9.XVI.p3
urceum Cato, De agri cultura 126

6 of 30 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. urceus (scan p. 778; entry #12984).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. urceus (scan pp. 1746-1747; entry #3348).

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