plenilunium Latin · revision 10119

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Columella|origins=la plēnus, la lūna}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [pɫeː.nɪˈɫuː.ni.ũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ple.niˈluː.ni.um]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''plēnilūnium''' ''n'' (genitive plēnilūniī or plēnilūnī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[plēnus]] “full” and [[lūna]] “moon” with [[m|la|-ium]], for the older phrase ⟨plēna lūna⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan traces ⟨lūna⟩ to [[itc-pro|*louksnā-]], [[ine-pro|*lewk-s-néh₂-|t=shiny, bright]], probably an old epithet of the moon.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Columella, and the OLD, Lewis & Short and Gaffiot cite him.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Columella to the 1st century AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant the time of full moon, the full moon, as in Columella and Pliny, and Lewis & Short note it as the post-Augustan word for ''lūna plēna''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means full moon.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for the time of full moon.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The [[m|en|full moon]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[plēnus]]

+ * [[lūna]]

+ * [[interlūnium]]

+ * [[nōvilūnium]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}