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17 Oct 2026, 01:38 by bogdan “New Latin entry (sources: de Vaan, OLD, Lewis & Short, TLL...)” current version

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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Columella|origins=la pastinum}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈpas.tɪ.noː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈpas.ti.no]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''pastinō''' (present infinitive pastināre, perfect active pastināvī, supine pastinātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|pastinum|-ō|t1=dibble]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The origin of ⟨pastinum⟩ is unknown, and the OLD compares, perhaps, [[pāla]] “spade”, and Wiktionary [[sla-pro|*paxati|t=to plough]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Lewis & Short and Gaffiot cite Columella and Pliny.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Columella to the 1st century AD.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to dig and level the ground, trench it with the dibble, especially to prepare it for planting vines, as in Columella and Pliny.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ It survives as Italian ''pastinare''.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To dig and trench (ground) for planting.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[pastināca]]
+ * [[pastinātiō]]
+ * [[pastinātor]]
+ * [[pastinātum]]
+ * [[repastinō]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[pastinum]]
+ * [[pāla]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}