1. urvum — Lewis & Short
urvum (urbum), i, n.,
I the curved part of a plough, the plough-tail, with which the bounds of cities were marked out, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 10 Schneid. N. cr.; cf. id. L. L. 5, §§ 127 and 135 Müll.; Dig. 50, 16, 239, § 6.
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urvum
urvum · n
the curved part of a plough
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What it meant
2. urvum — Walde–Hofmann
urvum, -; n. „Krümmung des Pfluges* (Varro, Gl.) wohl nach Persson Beitr. 502 und Ger. 396 und 1291, (gegen Lidén KZ. 40, 264!) aus *yyvo- zu lit. vired (*ur-uj£) „Strick; Krampf“ (eigtl. „Drehung, Gedrehtes“), lit. ürve „Höhle“ (Johansson IF. 2, 26), aksl. verse „Strick“, verigy Pl. „Kette“, ai, &ráh „Schenkel“? (doch s. vIm. unter varus), drvám „Becken“ u. dgl, wobei unentschieden bleibt, ob Suff. -4ovorliegt oder … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. urvum, p. 1751]
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