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varix

varix · m

a dilated vein

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What it meant

1. vărix — Lewis & Short

vărix, ĭcis, m. and f.1. varus,

I a dilated vein, varix, esp. in the thighs, Cels. 7, 8; 7, 17 fin.; 7, 31; Varr. ap. Non. 26, 13; 167, 25; Cic. Tusc. 2, 15, 35; Sen. Ep. 78, 17; Plin. 11, 45, 104, § 252; Quint. 11, 3, 143; Macr. S. 2, 3, 5.

2. varix — Walde–Hofmann

varix, -icis m. f. ,Krampfader* (seit Cic,, rom.; vgl. varicula, -ae seit Cels., varicösus, -a, -um „voller Krampfadern“ Lucil. und Pompon. (-2 Fest. p. 149]; zur volksetym. Verbindung mit vàrus s. Non. p. 26); zu 1. värus (Wharton Et. lat. 112), oder zu ahd. wern-a *varix? (Specht Urspr. 158. 231). N. värö, -önis m. ,Tólpel*: richtige Schreibung ist vlm. bärö (s. oben I 97)]. 2, värd, -Gre s. 2. värus. 1. várns, - … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. varix, p. 1642]

In the wild

6 of 17 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. uarix (scan p. 738; entry #12325).
  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. varix (scan pp. 1642-1644; entry #3153). Root candidates: *udg-, *uà-, *uedh-.

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