tina

Forms

tīna f (genitive tīnae); first declension^[1]

Etymology

The origin is unknown according to the OLD and Köbler.^[2][3] Wiktionary takes it borrowed from Etruscan 𐌈𐌉𐌍𐌀 (θina, “type of vessel”).^[1] Walde reports Hehn's older view that it was an Alpine word, from the same source as French tonne (“cask”).^[4]

Earliest recorded meaning

Varro uses it, in a fragment quoted by Nonius, for a vessel for wine.^[5][6]

Semantic evolution

Festus has a related form tinia for wine vessels, and the Tironian notes list tinum.^[5] In Late Latin Venantius Fortunatus uses tina for a bathing tub,^[6] and in medieval Latin it meant a cask or tub.^[7]

Timeline

• 116–27 BC – Varro uses it for a wine vessel.^[5][6][3]
• 2nd half of the 2nd century AD – Festus explains tinia as wine vessels.^[5][3]
• 536–c. 610 AD – Venantius Fortunatus uses it for a bathing tub.^[6][3]

Meanings

Noun

1. A kind of wine jar or vessel.^[2][5][8]
2. (Late Latin) A bathing tub.^[6][8]
3. (Medieval Latin) A cask or tub.^[7]

Usage notes

Medieval Latin also has a neuter tinum of the same meaning,^[7] and Niermeyer lists a second tina that is a form of tena.^[7] The name Tina of the river Tyne in England is a separate word.^[1]

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. ^ a b c d Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
4. ^ Walde, Alois (1906), Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, Heidelberg: Carl Winter
5. ^ a b c d e Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
6. ^ a b c d e Georges, Karl Ernst (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th ed., ed. Heinrich Georges, Hannover; Leipzig: Hahn
7. ^ a b c d Niermeyer, J. F. (1976), Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden: Brill
8. ^ a b Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.