1. vĭcĭa — Lewis & Short
vĭcĭa, ae, f.,
I a vetch, Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 5; Col. 2, 13, 1; 2, 10, 29; Pall. 1, 6, 14; Cato, R. R. 35; Plin. 18, 15, 37, § 137; Verg. G. 1, 75; Ov. F. 5, 267.
The corpus record — Latin
vicia
vicia · f
a vetch
Generated live from the audited Latin corpus — every figure on this page is a database query, not prose from memory.
Where it lives
- De agri cultura 7 · 4.47/10k
- Res Rustica, Books I-IX 13 · 1.65/10k
- Georgicon 1 · 0.71/10k
- Naturalis Historia 17 · 0.43/10k
- Metamorphoses 1 · 0.19/10k
What it meant
2. vicia — Walde–Hofmann
vicia, -ae f. , Wicke* (seit Cato, rom.); vieiälia, -ium n. , Wickenstengel“ (seit Colum); vieiärius, -a, -um „zu den Wicken gehürig" (Colum. 8, 5, 16, -um cribrum): zu lett, wikne ,Ranke", wikt „geschmeidig werden, sich biegen“, lat. vinciö (s. d.) ,binde", ai. vfcih »Tlrug, Verführung“, eigtl. „Biegung* (Persson Wzerw. 175); idg. *yei-g- (*ueiätg-? -g*?), nach Persson Erw. von *wei(ü7)- „biegen, winden", … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. vicia, p. 1689]
Where it came from
- Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. uicia (scan p. 756; entry #12616).
- Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. vicia (scan p. 1689; entry #3239).
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