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vannus

vannus

winnowing-basket

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Where it lives

What it meant

1. vannus — de Vaan

vannus 'winnowing-basket' [f. o] (CoL+) Derivatives: vannare 'to winnow' (LuciL), vallus, -i/-us (f.) 'implement for winnowing corn', var. vallum (Varro*); vatillum 'small shovel or pan' (Varro+)? Connected with ventus by WH, who also derive vatillum from *watnelo- (thus Leumann 1977: 200). The connection with vatillum is rejected by EM on account of the different meaning. Schrijver agrees on formal grounds: it is … — [de Vaan, s.v. vannus, p. 667]

2. vannus — Lewis & Short

vannus, i (

I abl. heterocl. vannu, Non. 19, 21), f., a fan, van for winnowing grain, Col. 2, 20, 4; App. M. 11, p. 260, 9; 11, p. 269, 2: mystica Iacchi, borne about in the Bacchic festival, Verg. G. 1, 166.

3. vannus — Walde–Hofmann

vannus, -: f. (Abl. -# Non.) ,Getreide- oder Futterschwiuge* (seit Verg., rom.; vannö, -ere Lucil. [ranniö Gl] ,worfle*, erannó, -ere [Varro] und -äre [Pompon., vgl. Non. p. 102] „worfle aus, werfe hinaus“ (s. auch o. I 422], vannulus : Aıcvdpiov GL, rom. [neugebildet aus vonnus, als dessen Beziehung zu vellus — s.u. — nicht mehr gefühlt wurde]; vgl. noch rom. *vannitäre), Deminutiv valtus, -i f. (und -um, -i n.) … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. vannus, p. 1639]

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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. vannus (scan p. 667; entry #1916). Root candidates: *watnelo-.
  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. uannus (scan p. 737; entry #12306).
  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. vannus (scan p. 1639; entry #3146). Root candidates: *uateno-, *uate-, *yantnó-.

Latin text and lemmatization derived from the Perseus Digital Library (canonical-latinLit), CC BY-SA 4.0. Lewis & Short (public domain) via Perseus. This derived data is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 license.