tripalis

Forms

tripālis (neuter tripāle); third-declension two-termination adjective^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin tri- (“three”) + pālus¹ (“stake”) + -is.^[2][1][3][4] De Vaan derives pālus¹ from an instrument noun built on the root of pangō (“to fix, fasten”).^[5]

Earliest recorded meaning

Its only classical source is Varro's Menippean Satires, quoted by Nonius, where it is said of vines.^[6][4][7][3]

Semantic evolution

It describes a vine propped up on three stakes.^[6][8][9] Wiktionary takes the Late Latin noun tripālium, a device of three stakes, as formed from it.^[1]

Timeline

• 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of vines propped on three stakes.^[6][4][3]

Meanings

Adjective

1. Having three stakes; propped up on three stakes or pales (of vines).^[2][6][4][8]

Related words

• tripālium

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 Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
4. ^ a b c d Georges, Karl Ernst (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th ed., ed. Heinrich Georges, Hannover; Leipzig: Hahn
5. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
6. ^ a b c d Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
7. ^ Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
8. ^ a b Conte, Gian Biagio; Pianezzola, Emilio; Ranucci, Giuliano (2010), il Latino: Vocabolario della lingua latina, 3rd ed., Florence: Le Monnier
9. ^ VoLat: Vocabolario della Lingua Latina (2018), Milan: Hoepli