punctio Latin · revision 10101

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈpuːŋk.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈpuŋk.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pūnctiō''' ''f'' (genitive pūnctiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|pungō|-tiō|t1=to prick]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨pungō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*pung-|t=to pierce, sting]], [[ine-pro|*pu-n(e)-g/k-]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Celsus.^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Celsus 14–37 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A medical word, it meant a pricking, puncture, and a stabbing pain, a stitch, as of pains in the side in Pliny.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means pricking.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for a pricking that goads, hurts or vexes.^(DMLBS) Italian ''punzone'' and German ''Punze'' “punch” go back to its family.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 14–37 AD – Celsus uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny uses it of a stitch.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A pricking, [[m|en|puncture]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # A stabbing pain, [[m|en|stitch]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[punctiuncula]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pungō]]

+ * [[pūnctum]]

+ * [[pūnctūra]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}