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vegrandis

vegrandis

undersized, extensive; very great* (P1.+), vesarms

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What it meant

1. vegrandis — de Vaan

vegrandis 'undersized, extensive; very great* (P1.+), vesarms 'mad' (Pl>), vescus cthin, attenuated' (Lucil,+), maybe Ve(d)iouis 'certain deity of the underworld' (Varro+) vegeo It. cognates: maybe U. ve(n)persuntra 'without persondro\ It is striking that vecors and vesanus have a very similar meaning, which is literal in the case of vesanus 'far from healthy', but less transparent in ve-cors 'far from heart' > … — [de Vaan, s.v. vegrandis, p. 670]

2. vē-grandis — Lewis & Short

vē-grandis, e, adj.,

I not very large, little, small, diminutive (very rare): oves vegrandes atque imbecillae, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 13: farra, Ov. F. 3, 445: frumentum, Fest. p. 372: gradus, Plaut. Fragm. ib.—
II Very great, = valde grandis, Non. 183, 30: non idcirco extollitur, nec vitae vegrandi datur, Lucil. ap. Non. l. l. (Sat. 26, 35): homo vegrandi macie torridus, Cic. Agr. 2, 34, 93 (dub. Zumpt; B. and K. ut grandi).

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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. vegrandis (scan pp. 670-671; entry #1927). Root candidates: *swe-.

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