tela Latin · revision 10067

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *teḱs-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈteː.ɫa]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈtɛː.la]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''tēla''' ''f'' (genitive tēlae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from ⟨*texla⟩, from [[texō]] “to weave”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Wiktionary reconstructs [[itc-pro|*tekslā]].^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives ⟨tēla⟩ from ⟨*teks-lā-⟩ and traces ⟨texō⟩ to [[ine-pro|*teḱs-|t=to fashion]], cognate with [[sa|तक्षति|tr=tákṣati|t=fashions]].^(de Vaan 2008) Lewis & Short compare the contraction in [[āla]] from ⟨axilla⟩.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are Plautus, of cloth on the loom and of a spider's web.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant cloth being woven on a loom, a web, as in Plautus and Cicero; a spider's web; the warp threads of a loom, as in Virgil; and a loom, as in Terence.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means cloth, web, warp.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used ''tēla vītae'' for the web of life.^(DMLBS) It survives as Italian, Spanish and Catalan ''tela'', French ''toile'' and Romanian ''teară'', and French ''toilette'' is from ''toile''.^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of cloth and a spider's web.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of a loom.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of the warp.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Cloth on the loom, a [[m|en|web]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # A spider's web.^(OLD 2012)

+ # The [[m|en|warp]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # A [[m|en|loom]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[subtīlis]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[texō]]

+ * [[textor]]

+ * [[en|toilet]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Niermeyer notes Medieval Latin ''tēla'' used for ''tēlum'' “weapon”.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}