Difference between revisions of "Cauda vulpina"

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vulpina ABC jp | volpina ef
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vulpina ABC jp | volpina ef <br />
{Plinius} pli. ''add''. p
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{Plinius} pli. ''add''. p <br />
alopecuros AC f | alopeturos B ej {'c' misread as 't'} | alapeturos p
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alopecuros AC f | alopeturos B ej {'c' misread as 't'} | alapeturos p <br />
mollem | molem B
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mollem | molem B <br />
densam | dẽpsaʒ p
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densam | dẽpsaʒ p <br />
dissimilem AC e | disil'em B | dis͞i͞leʒ f  
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dissimilem AC e | disil'em B | dis͞i͞leʒ f <br />
vulpium | volpiuʒ (-piũ f) ef
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vulpium | volpiuʒ (-piũ f) ef <br />
unde et nomen et cetera. ''om''. f
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unde et nomen et cetera. ''om''. f <br />
et cetera ''om''. ej
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et cetera ''om''. ej <br />
 
''Ms''. j adds a reference written by a different hand: ''vide'' sup''ra'' Alopecuros
 
''Ms''. j adds a reference written by a different hand: ''vide'' sup''ra'' Alopecuros
  

Latest revision as of 15:19, 10 December 2016

Cauda vulpina Plinius alopecuros spicam habet mollem et lanuginem densam non dissimilem vulpium caudis unde et nomen et cetera.


Apparatus:

vulpina ABC jp | volpina ef
{Plinius} pli. add. p
alopecuros AC f | alopeturos B ej {'c' misread as 't'} | alapeturos p
mollem | molem B
densam | dẽpsaʒ p
dissimilem AC e | disil'em B | dis͞i͞leʒ f
vulpium | volpiuʒ (-piũ f) ef
unde et nomen et cetera. om. f
et cetera om. ej
Ms. j adds a reference written by a different hand: vide supra Alopecuros


Translation:

Cauda vulpina {"fox's tail"} is mentioned in Pliny: alopecuros {Greek for "fox's tail"} has an ear {like a grain} that is soft and a dense woolly down, not dissimilar to the tails of foxes; from where it takes its name, etc.


Commentary:

Cauda vulpina:
is a direct Latin translation of Greek ἀλωπέκουρος /alōpékouros/, which is itself a compound noun consisting of ἀλωπεκ- /alōpek-/ {the compound form of ἀλώπηξ /alṓpēx/ "fox"} + oυρ- /our-/ {< oυρά /ourá/ "tail"} + -ος /-os/ {a nominal ending} > ἀλωπέκουρος /alōpékouros/ "fox tail". Cf. Latin cauda "tail" and vulpinus,a "pertaining to the fox".


WilfGunther (talk) 15:16, 10 December 2016 (GMT)


For further information see Alopecuros.


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