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triticeus

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Pronunciation

  • Classical: [triːˈtɪ.ke.ʊs][1]
  • Ecclesiastical: [triˈtiː.t͡ʃe.us][1]

Forms

trīticeus (feminine trīticea, neuter trīticeum); first/second-declension adjective[1] Plautus has the by-form trīticeius.[2][3][4]

Etymology

It is from Latin trīticum (“wheat”) + -eus.[4][5][1][6] De Vaan lists trīticum among the derivatives of terō (“to rub, thresh”), which he traces to Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub”).[7]

Earliest recorded meaning

Plautus has it in the form trīticeius, in the Casina.[2][3] De Vaan and Köbler date the usual form from Cato,[7][5] who speaks of wheat chaff (paleae triticeae).[2][8]

Semantic evolution

Varro uses it of wheat bran,[2][8] Virgil and Ovid of the wheat harvest and the wheat crop,[2] and Columella of wheaten bread and meal.[9][2] It continued in the Vulgate and in Venantius Fortunatus.[9]

In British Medieval Latin Bede has wheat flour cooked in milk; it was also said of mills used for wheat and of land sown with it.[10]

Timeline

  • c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses the by-form trīticeius.[2][3][5]
  • 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of wheat chaff.[2][7][5]
  • 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of the wheat harvest.[2][5]
  • 390–406 AD – The Vulgate speaks of the wheat harvest.[9][5]
  • early 8th century – Bede uses it of wheat flour.[10][5]

Meanings

Adjective

  1. Of wheat, wheaten; made of or consisting of wheat.[4][2]
  2. (Medieval Latin) (of a mill) Used for grinding wheat;[10] (of land) sown with wheat.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  3. ^ a b c Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
  4. ^ a b c Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
  6. ^ Bianchi, Rossella; Lelli, Olga (2014), VOLI: Vocabolario di latino, Florence: Le Monnier
  7. ^ a b c de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
  8. ^ a b Conte, Gian Biagio; Pianezzola, Emilio; Ranucci, Giuliano (2010), il Latino: Vocabolario della lingua latina, 3rd ed., Florence: Le Monnier
  9. ^ a b c Georges, Karl Ernst (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th ed., ed. Heinrich Georges, Hannover; Leipzig: Hahn
  10. ^ a b c d 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