Meaning of derivatio | Babel Free

Definitions

1. diversion, deviation
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2. derivation, etymology
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Examples

“Vīmine quernō sunt aliquae dūrae dērīvātiōnēs; tamen eīs sīc ūtimur ut 'quernum vīmen', item 'colurnum verū', ut "pinguiaque in veribus torrēbimus exta colurnīs", 'fīculnum lignum', ut Horātius "ōlim truncus eram fīculnus, inūtile lignum", item 'aprūgnum callum'.”

With oak wicker, there are some difficult derivations; nevertheless, we use them thus: ‘oak wicker,’ likewise ‘hazel spit,’ as in ‘and we shall roast the rich entrails on hazel spits’; ‘fig-wood,’ as Horace says, ‘once I was a fig-tree trunk, a useless piece of wood’; likewise ‘wild-plum callus.’

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