tentipellium

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [tɛn.tɪˈpɛl.li.ũː]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ten.tiˈpɛl.li.um]^[1]

Forms

tentipellium n (genitive tentipelliī or tentipellī); second declension^[1]

Etymology

It is a compound of tendō “to stretch” and pellis “skin, hide”, with the suffix -ium.^[2][3][1] De Vaan traces ⟨pellis⟩ to Proto-Italic *pelni-, from Proto-Indo-European *pel-ni- (“skin, hide”).^[4]

Earliest recorded meaning

It is known from Festus, who quotes Afranius and Titinius.^[3][5][6] Köbler dates Afranius to the second half of the 2nd century BC.^[6]

Semantic evolution

According to Festus, Artorius took it as an iron-shod shoe-last by which leather is stretched, the sense in Afranius, and the OLD calls it apparently a device for stretching skins or leather.^[3][2] Verrius took it in Titinius as a remedy that smooths out wrinkles, though Festus says Titinius used it figuratively.^[3][5]

Timeline

• 2nd century BC – Afranius uses it.^[3][6]

Meanings

Noun

1. A device for stretching leather, a last.^[2][3][5]
2. A remedy against wrinkles.^[5]

Related words

• tendō
• pellis

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 e f Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
4. ^ 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 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