tuus Latin · revision 17755

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=c. 280–200 BC, Livius Andronicus|origins=ine-pro *tewos}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈtu.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈtuː.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''tuus''' (feminine tua, neuter tuum); first/second-declension determiner, with locative^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*towos|t=your]], [[inh|ine-pro|*tewos]], the possessive of [[tū]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012) In early drama the ⟨tu-⟩ sometimes merged with a following long vowel into one syllable.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Cognate with [[osc|tuvai]], [[sa|त्व|tr=tvá]] and Doric [[m|grc|τεός|tr=teós]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Livius Andronicus on;^(de Vaan 2008) Plautus has ''tuos est servus'' “he is your slave”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Besides plain possession (“your, yours”), ''tuus'' means “dear to you” (with names of friends and relatives), “at your command”, “typical of you”, “your duty” (''tuum est'' “it is up to you”), and “devoted to you”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 280–200 BC – First found in Livius Andronicus.^(de Vaan 2008)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses ''haud tuom istuc est'', “that is not like you”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence: ''tuos est nunc Chremēs'', “Chremes is on your side now”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Determiner===

+ # [[m|en|your]], yours (singular), [[m|en|thy]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Dear to you; devoted to you.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Typical of you;^(OLD 2012) ''tuum est'', it is your duty.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tū]]

+ * [[suus]]

+ * [[meus]]

+ * [[vester]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}