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faluppa

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Forms

faluppa f (genitive faluppae); first declension[1]

Etymology

The origin is unexplained.[1]

Earliest recorded meaning

It is known from one gloss, which explains quisquiliae as “the tiniest bits of chaff or small twigs, which they call faluppae”.[2][3][4]

Semantic evolution

Köbler glosses it as chaff, straw waste, small chips, and so a trifle,[1] and Du Cange simply as “chaff”.[5] The word lived on in Romance: the TLL points to Italian faloppa and its relatives,[3] and the DMLBS traces Old French frepier, a dealer in old clothes, to an unattested ⟨*faluppa⟩.[6]

Meanings

Noun

  1. (usually plural) chaff, straw waste; tiny twigs or chips.[2][1][5]
  2. A trifle.[1]

Usage notes

Landgraf proposed to read stupulas in place of faluppas in this gloss.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
  2. ^ a b c Goetz, Georg (1888–1923), Corpus glossariorum Latinorum, Leipzig: Teubner; vols. VI–VII Thesaurus glossarum emendatarum, digital ed. CGLO, Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
  3. ^ a b c Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
  4. ^ Novum Glossarium Mediae Latinitatis ab anno DCCC usque ad annum MCC (1957–), Copenhagen / Geneva / Paris: Union Académique Internationale; IRHT
  5. ^ a b du Cange, Charles du Fresne, et al. (1883–1887), Glossarium mediae et infimae latinitatis, augmented ed. by Léopold Favre, Niort: L. Favre
  6. ^ Latham, R. E., D. R. Howlett, R. K. Ashdowne, et al. (1975–2013), Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: British Academy / Oxford University Press