muliebris Latin · revision 30976

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la mulier}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [mʊˈli.ɛ.brɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [muˈliː.e.bris]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''muliebris''' (neuter muliebre, adverb muliebriter); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|mulier|t=woman]], from an older stem in ⟨-s-⟩ with the suffix ⟨-ris⟩, as in [[m|la|fūnebris|t=funereal]]; de Vaan takes it as proof that ⟨mulier⟩ was once an s-stem.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(de Vaan 2008) Wiktionary sets up [[itc-pro|*moljezris]], from earlier ⟨*moljezlis⟩ with /l…l/ dissimilated to /l…r/.^(Wiktionary) The origin of ⟨mulier⟩ itself is uncertain: it has been taken as a comparative of the stem of [[m|la|mollis|t=soft]] or, by Klingenschmitt, of [[m|la|melior|t=better]], “the chief wife”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler gives Plautus as its first author.^(Köbler 2010) In the ''Rudens'' a man says ''muliebris vōx mī ad aurīs venit'', “a woman's voice reaches my ears”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is of or used by women, and of qualities and actions, as the woman's influence Cicero fears may get a man acquitted;^(OLD 2012) ''Fortūna Muliebris'' is the goddess who watches over women, whose temple Livy mentions; it is also in a woman's likeness, as Vitruvius' statues of women, and made up of women, as Livy's escort of women.^(OLD 2012) ''Pars muliebris'' is the female genitals.^(OLD 2012) It is typical of a woman, mostly in a bad sense, as Plautus' womanly cunning, and of men effeminate, as Cicero's soft or womanish voice;^(OLD 2012) Sallust's ''muliebria patī'' is to be used sexually by men.^(OLD 2012) It is female, of sex, and in Varro feminine in grammar.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “feminine”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of a woman's voice and womanly cunning.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of the feminine gender.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust of men used as women.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of an effeminate voice.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of Fortuna Muliebris.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of a woman or women; consisting of women; in a woman's likeness.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # [[m|en|womanish|alt=Womanish]];^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ''(of men)'' [[m|en|effeminate]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Relating to women.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|female|alt=Female]];^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ''(grammar)'' [[m|en|feminine]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[muliebritās]]

+ * [[muliebriter]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[muliebrōsus]]

+ * [[mulier]]

+ * [[mulierārius]]

+ * [[muliercula]]

+ * [[mulierculārius]]

+ * [[mulieritās]]

+ * [[mulierō]]

+ * [[mulierōsitās]]

+ * [[mulierōsus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}