lineo

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [ˈliː.ne.oː]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈliː.ne.o]^[1]

Forms

līneō (present infinitive līneāre, perfect active līneāvī, supine līneātum); first conjugation^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin līnea (“line”) + -ō.^[2][1]

Earliest recorded meaning

The OLD's earliest citation is Plautus, of making straight.^[2] Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^[3]

Semantic evolution

It meant to make or keep straight, to reduce to a straight line, make perpendicular, as in Plautus, and apparently to mark with lines.^[2][4]

English lineate (1550s) is from its participle līneātus.^[5]

Timeline

• c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^[2][3]
• 1550s – English lineate is recorded.^[5]

Meanings

Verb

1. To make straight, align.^[2][4]
2. To mark with lines.^[2]

Word family

• dēlīneō
• līneātiō
• collīneō
• collīniō
• dēlīniō

Related words

• līnea
• līneālis
• līneāmentum
• līneāris
• līneārius
• līneola
• English delineate

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
4. ^ a b Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
5. ^ a b Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com