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vestibulum

fore-court

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Where it lives

De Paenitentia 1 · 2.45/10k
Pro A. Caecina 2 · 1.93/10k
Pro T. Annio Milone 2 · 1.9/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklürt von M. Weissenborn, book 45 2 · 1.52/10k
In Eutropium 1 · 1.39/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 39-40 - 39 2 · 1.36/10k
De haruspicum responso in P. Clodium in Senatu Habita 1 · 1.33/10k
Historiae Alexandri Magni 9 · 1.21/10k
De Architectura 7 · 1.21/10k
De Consolatione ad Marciam 1 · 1.19/10k
Pro M. Caelio 1 · 1.18/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38 - 36 1 · 0.88/10k

Densest 12 of 31 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. vestibulum — de Vaan

vestibulum 'fore-court' [n. ο] (PI.+) Pit *westV-plo- 'place of feeding'. PIE *ues-ti- 'feeding' or *ues-to- 'fed'. IE cognates: See s.v, vescor. Many different etymologies have been proposed The most popular ones have been reviewed by Serbat 1975: 50-53, who points out that all of them are semantically unsatisfactory. Serbat himself argues that the vestibulum may have referred to the courtyard of the pre-classical … — [de Vaan, s.v. vestibulum, p. 685]

2. vestĭbŭlum — Lewis & Short

vestĭbŭlum, i, n.perh. for vesti-bulum, kindr. with Sanscr. vas, habitare, commorari; cf. Vesta,

I the enclosed space between the entrance of a house and the street, a fore-court, entrance-court (cf. atrium).

I Lit., Gell. 16, 5, 2; Vitr. 6, 8; Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 132; Cic. Caecin. 12, 35; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 160; id. Cael. 26, 62; Quint. 11, 2, 23; Ov. F. 6, 303; Juv. 7, 126 al.—

B Transf., in gen., an entrance to any thing: sepulcri, Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 61: castrorum, Liv. 25, 17, 5: columbarii, Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 4; cf. gallinarii, Col. 8, 3, 5; 8, 8, 3: alvearii, id. 9, 12, 1: urbis, Liv. 36, 22 fin.: Siciliae, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 66, § 170.—

II Trop., an entrance, opening, beginning: vestibula nimirum honesta aditusque ad causam faciet illustres, Cic. Or. 15, 50: vestibulum modo artis alicujus ingredi, Quint. 1, 5, 7; cf. id. 8, praef. § 18; 9, 4, 10.

3. vestibulum — Walde–Hofmann

vestibulum, - n. „Vorhof, Vorplatz vor dem Hause" (rel. Gell. 16, 5,3) (seit Plaut.): aus *ver(o)stabulum „Platz vor der Tür“, zu ital. *uero-. „Tür“ (u. verof-e, veruf-e, ‘in portam, s. aperió, verna (Fay AJPh. 24, 6211, Brugmann II? 1, 80). Nicht besser Jacobsohn Xapıreg 431* : aus *vesti-bulum „der Ort, wo man fegt" zu verrö? (dagegen spricht auch, daß, da vo(r)stos ngefegt“ neben angebl. analogischem vorssus … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. vestibulum, p. 1682]

In the wild

vestibulo Livy, Ab urbe condita 4.45.24.12
vestibulo Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.7.31.5
vestibulo Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.30.21.4
vestibulo Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.2.54.9
vestibulo Livy, Ab urbe condita 3bis.39.12.2
vestibulo Livy, Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 39-40 - 39 p52

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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. vestibulum (scan p. 685; entry #1969). Root candidates: *ues-.
Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. uestibulum (scan p. 753; entry #12576).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. vestibulum (scan p. 1682; entry #3227). Root candidates: *uero-, *vesti-, *ve-.

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