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varus1

varus1

pimple, inflamed spot on the skin

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 34 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. varus — de Vaan

varus 'pimple, inflamed spot on the skin' [m. o] (Cels., Plin.) Pit *warcK PIE *u(o)rH-o-? IE cognates: Mir.ferbb [fj 'heat rash, pimple'?; OPr. warsus 'lip'; Lith. viras 'tapeworm larva, pimple', viris [m.] 'tapeworm larva' < *urH-o-, Go. wairilom [dat.pl.], OE weleras Hips', OHG werra 'varicose' < *uerzo(n)-, OHG — [de Vaan, s.v. varus, p. 668]

2. varus — de Vaan

varus 'bent outwards, bow-legged' [adj. ο/α] (P1.+) Derivatives: vdricare 'to straddle' (Varro+), varicosus 'suffering from varicose veins' (Lucil.+), Varro [cognomen] (Varro+), obvarare 'to cross, thwart' (Enn.), varix, -cis 'a varicose vein' (Varro+). Pit. *wa-ro-? PIE *hiueh2-ro-? If the original meaning was 'with the legs opened', varus might be compared with vanus and vastus, and reflect *wa-ro- 'going apart, … — [de Vaan, s.v. varus, p. 669]

3. vārus — Lewis & Short

vārus, a, um, adj.perh. root kar, kvar; whence Sanscr. kakras, wheel; Lat. circus, curvus, and vārus, for cvarus; cf. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 412,

I bent, stretched, or grown inwards, or awry.
I Lit.: (canes) debent esse cruribus rectis et potius varis quam vatiis, Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 4; hence of persons with legs bent inwards, knock-kneed (cf. valgus): hunc varum distortis cruribus; illum Balbutit scaurum pravis fultum male talis, Hor. S. 1, 3, 47 (cf. Orelli et Dillenb. ad loc.); Lucil. ap. Non. 26, 12; Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 54; Dig. 21, 1, 10 fin.: manus, i. e. bent, crooked, Ov. M. 9, 33: bracchia, Mart. 7, 32, 9; Stat. Th. 6, 850: cornua, Ov. M. 12, 382; id. Am. 1, 3, 24: talea, Col. 5, 9, 2.—
II Trop., diverse, different (poet.); absol.: geminos, Horoscope, varo Producis genio, Pers. 6, 18.—With dat.: alterum (genus hominum) et huic varum et nihilo sapientius, different from this, Hor. S. 2, 3, 56.

4. vărus — Lewis & Short

vărus, i, m.,

I an eruption on the face, a blotch, pimple, Gr. i)/onqos, Cels. 6, 5; Plin. 22, 25, 73, § 151; 23, 1, 14, § 19; 23, 4, 42, § 85; 23, 4, 45, § 89.

5. Vārus — Lewis & Short

Vārus, i, m.,

I a surname, esp. in the gens Quintilia; e. g. P. Quintilius Varus, defeated by Arminius, Vell. 2, 117; Suet. Aug. 23; id. Tib. 17; Tac. A. 1, 3; 1, 43; 1, 55; 1, 60 al.—Hence, Vārĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Varus, Varian: clades, Suet. Aug. 23; 49; id. Tib. 17; 18; id. Calig. 3; 31.

In the wild

6 of 116 attestations shown.

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. varus (scan p. 669; entry #1922). Root candidates: *uadia-, *uedh-, *wass-.
  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. uarus (scan p. 736; entry #12299).

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