The corpus record — Latin

zamia

zamia · f

hurt

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Where it lives

Aulularia 1 · 1.45/10k
Pro L. Murena 1 · 0.95/10k
Eunuchus 1 · 0.92/10k
Octavius 1 · 0.86/10k
Apologeticum 1 · 0.5/10k
Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k
Epigrammata 1 · 0.18/10k
Naturalis Historia 7 · 0.18/10k
Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 1 · 0.13/10k
Institutio Oratoria 1 · 0.06/10k

What it meant — Lewis & Short

zāmĭa (sāmĭa; cf. Fleck. Ep. Crit. 12), ae, f., = zhmi/a,

I hurt, damage, loss (cf. detrimentum), Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 20.

In the wild

Samia Minucius Felix, Octavius 25.9
Samia Tertullian, Apologeticum 25.13
Samia Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 35.12.p5
zamia Plautus, Aulularia 2.2
Samia Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 1.35.p59
Samia Juvenal, Saturae 5.16.6

6 of 16 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. zamia (scan p. 783; entry #13063).

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