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zirbus.

caul, omentum

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈzɪr.bʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈd͡zir.bus]
  1. caul, omentum

    Medieval-Latin · declension-2 · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Arabic ثَرْب (ṯarb) in the eleventh century in medical translations and possibly even vernacular or used in medical practice earlier in Roman Africa since its conquest by Arabs. An alleged occurrence in Apicius is a bad correction of a 16ᵗʰ-century philologer where one better reads gīrō.

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