alienum Latin · revision 31143

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 235–200 BC, Naevius|origins=ine-pro *h₂el-yo-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''aliēnum''' ''n'' (genitive ''aliēnī''); second declension^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the neuter of [[m|la|aliēnus|t=belonging to another]] used as a noun.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) ⟨Aliēnus⟩ is formed from [[m|la|alius|t=other]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*aljo-|t=another]] and [[ine-pro|*h₂el-yo-|t=another]], cognate with [[grc|ἄλλος|tr=állos|t=other]] and [[got|𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃|tr=aljis|t=other]]; he finds the suffix of ⟨aliēnus⟩ unexplained.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first example in the OLD is Naevius, of what belonged to others: “as much of others' property as I had”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the property or land of others, and in Tacitus foreign soil.^(OLD 2012) The plural ''aliēna'' is other people's affairs, as Terence's “that they see and judge others' affairs better than their own”, and the views of others, as Cicero's Epicurus who said what others had said on physics.^(OLD 2012) Horace uses the plural of foreign matter, and Ovid's ''aliēna loquī'' is to rave in delirium.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius of others' property.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence of others' affairs.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid of raving.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus of foreign soil.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Another's property or land; foreign soil.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(plural)'' The affairs or views of others.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(plural)'' Foreign matter.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''aliēna loquī'', to rave (in [[m|en|delirium]]).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[aliēnus]]

+ * [[alius]]

+ * [[suum]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}