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intraneus

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Pronunciation

  • Classical: [ɪnˈtraː.ne.ʊs][1]
  • Ecclesiastical: [inˈtraː.ne.us][1]

Forms

intrāneus (feminine intrānea, neuter intrāneum); first/second-declension adjective[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin intrā (“within”), made with the suffix -āneus on the model of extrāneus “outside, foreign”.[2][1]

Earliest recorded meaning

Lewis and Short, Georges and Gaffiot cite it only from Cassiodorus' Historia ecclesiastica, where it describes private, internal assemblies as opposed to the church.[3][4][5][6]

Semantic evolution

The TLL gives it the general sense “inner, interior”, also in the anonymous Opus imperfectum on Matthew, which speaks of inner stones that the outer ones hold together.[2] In the Leges it appears in the Salic Law.[6]

In medieval Latin it meant “internal, inner” in scientific writing (Albertus Magnus speaks of inner heat) and, as a neuter noun, an inner organ or inner sense.[7] In British sources it also meant “native, domestic”, and as a noun “inhabitant, native”, in contrast to foreigners.[8]

Timeline

  • c. 485–c. 580 AD – Cassiodorus uses it of private assemblies.[3][6]
  • 1306 – A Swansea charter uses it for a native as opposed to a stranger.[8]

Meanings

Adjective

  1. Inner, internal; private.[3][4][2]
  2. (Medieval Latin) Immanent, inherent.[7]
  3. (Medieval Latin) Native, domestic; as a noun, a native or inhabitant.[8]
  4. (Medieval Latin) As a neuter noun, an inner organ or inner sense.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
  2. ^ a b c Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
  3. ^ a b c Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  4. ^ a b Georges, Karl Ernst (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th ed., ed. Heinrich Georges, Hannover; Leipzig: Hahn
  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
  7. ^ a b c Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch bis zum ausgehenden 13. Jahrhundert (1967–), Munich: C. H. Beck; Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
  8. ^ a b c Latham, R. E., D. R. Howlett, R. K. Ashdowne, et al. (1975–2013), Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: British Academy / Oxford University Press