canaliensis

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [ka.naː.liˈẽː.sɪs]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ka.na.liˈɛn.sis]^[1]

Forms

canāliēnsis (neuter canāliēnse); third-declension two-termination adjective^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin canālis (“channel, shaft”) + -ēnsis.^[2][1] ⟨canālis⟩ is from ⟨*cannālis⟩, from canna (“reed, cane”), a borrowing of Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”).^[1] The TLL notes that some derive it directly from ⟨canna⟩.^[3]

Earliest recorded meaning

Its source is Pliny the Elder, on gold.^[4][5][6] Köbler dates Pliny 23/24–79 AD.^[6]

Semantic evolution

Like canālicius, it meant dug out of shafts or pits, of gold obtained from pits.^[2][4]

Timeline

• 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of gold.^[4][6]

Meanings

Adjective

1. Dug from shafts or pits (of gold).^[4]

Related words

• canālis
• canālicius

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
4. ^ a b c d Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
5. ^ Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
6. ^ a b c Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de