adhaesus

Forms

adhaesus m (genitive adhaesūs); fourth declension^[1][2]

Etymology

It is from Latin adhaereō (“to cling, adhere”) + -tus, a verbal noun.^[1][2][3] The verb is a compound of haereō (“to stick”), which de Vaan traces to Proto-Italic *χais-ē-; he finds no credible cognates outside Italic.^[4]

Earliest recorded meaning

It is found only in Lucretius,^[4][5] who speaks of the adhesion of dust, pulveris adhaesus.^[2][6]

Semantic evolution

Lucretius uses it of the clinging of dust, of the joining of limbs and of moisture.^[5][2] The grammarian Nonius later cites it.^[2][5]

Timeline

• 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of dust, limbs and moisture clinging together.^[2][7]

Meanings

Noun

1. Adhesion, the act or fact of clinging.^[1][5][2]

Usage notes

Köbler lists a separate adjective adhaesus “faltering, stammering”, which he refers to the adverb adhaesē.^[7]

References

1. ^ a b c Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
2. ^ a b c d e f g Georges, Karl Ernst (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th ed., ed. Heinrich Georges, Hannover; Leipzig: Hahn
3. ^ Bianchi, Rossella; Lelli, Olga (2014), VOLI: Vocabolario di latino, Florence: Le Monnier
4. ^ a b de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
5. ^ a b c d Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
6. ^ Conte, Gian Biagio; Pianezzola, Emilio; Ranucci, Giuliano (2010), il Latino: Vocabolario della lingua latina, 3rd ed., Florence: Le Monnier
7. ^ a b Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de