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alveolatus

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Pronunciation

  • IPA (Classical): [aɫ.we.ɔˈɫaː.tʊs][1]
  • IPA (Ecclesiastical): [al.ve.oˈlaː.tus][1]

Forms

alveolātus (feminine alveolāta, neuter alveolātum); first/second-declension adjective[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin alveolus (“small hollow, trough”) + -ātus.[2][1]

Earliest recorded meaning

Its source is Vitruvius, of a stylobate.[3][4][5] Köbler dates Vitruvius c. 84–c. 25 BC.[5]

Semantic evolution

It meant hollowed out like a little trough, channelled, the same as alveātus.[2][3][4]

Timeline

  • c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it.[3][5]

Meanings

Adjective

  1. Hollowed like a trough, channelled.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
  2. ^ a b c Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
  3. ^ a b c d Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  4. ^ a b Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
  5. ^ a b c Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de