vascellum Latin · revision 10019

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=inscriptions|origins=itc-pro *wāss-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''vāscellum''' ''n'' (genitive vāscellī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a diminutive of [[vās]] “vessel”, through [[vāsculum]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Gaffiot 2016) De Vaan finds no etymology for ⟨vās⟩ beyond Proto-Italic ⟨*wāss-⟩, with Umbrian ⟨vasus⟩ “vessels”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short cite an inscription, of a small urn, and Köbler lists the Itala.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates the Itala after 220 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant apparently a small urn or casket for ashes, as in an inscription, and a small vessel, as in Pliny Valerianus.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Medieval Latin used it for a small urn, a beehive, and in the plural vessels, plate.^(Niermeyer 1976) It survives as Italian ''vascello'' “vessel, ship”, Catalan ''vaixell'' and French ''vaisselle'' “dishes”, and English ''vessel'' (c. 1300) comes from it through Old French ''vessel''.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * after 220 AD – The Itala uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1300 – English ''vessel'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A small [[m|en|urn]]; a small [[m|en|vessel]].^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|beehive]], ''(plural)'' vessels, plate.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vās]]

+ * [[vāsculum]]

+ * [[en|vessel]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}