The corpus record — Latin

urtica

urtica · f

A nettle

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Where it lives

De Re Coquinaria 7 · 4.46/10k
Saturae 1 · 2.21/10k
Remedia Amoris 1 · 1.91/10k
Epistulae 1 · 1.01/10k
De Medicina 9 · 0.88/10k
Rudens 1 · 0.84/10k
Saturae 2 · 0.8/10k
Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 1 · 0.79/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.78/10k
Naturalis Historia 28 · 0.71/10k
Ars Amatoria 1 · 0.67/10k
Satyricon 2 · 0.66/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. urtīca — Lewis & Short

urtīca, ae, f.uro.

I Lit.

A A nettle, stinging-nettle, Plin. 21, 15, 55, § 92; 22, 13, 15, § 31; Cat. 44, 15; Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 8; Pers. 6, 70 al.—

B Transf., a sea-nettle, a kind of zoophyte, Plin. 9, 45, 68, § 146; also called marina urtica, Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 9.—

II Trop., lustful desire, pruriency, Juv. 2, 128; 11, 166 (168).

2. urtica — Walde–Hofmann

urtica, -ae f. ,Brennnessel; Seenessel" (seit Plaut., rom. [-u-]); urticetun (Gl), *urtieula (rom.): wohl vom Praesenst. ürö Vaniéek 278) mit -tica wie in lectica (Brugmann Il? 1,496 nach Hirt IF. 31, 15; vgl. auch Muller Ait. Wb., Strómberg 76) auf Grund eines *üritus oder *ürtos neben ustus (Stolz HG. I 522). Nicht besser Schrader-N. RL. IP 112: zu verto, verticillus, ai. vartana-, aksl. vréteno ‚Spinnwirtel® (von … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. urtica, p. 1750]

In the wild

urticae Celsus, De Medicina 5.18.p14
urtica Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 1.22.p15
urtica Catullus, Carmina lyrics.44.15
urticas Apicius, De Re Coquinaria 9.444
urtica Juvenal, Saturae 1.2.128
urtica Sidonius Apollinaris, Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 8.8.p3

6 of 59 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. urtica (scan p. 779; entry #13002).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. urtica (scan pp. 1750-1751; entry #3359). Root candidates: *us-.

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