comminus Latin · revision 31194

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=204–169 BC, Ennius|origins=ine-pro *mon-u-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈkɔm.mɪ.nʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈkɔm.mi.nus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''comminus''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

+ It is often spelled ''cominus'' in manuscripts, though inscriptions have ''comminus''.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|con-|t=with, together]] and [[m|la|manus|t=hand]], the opposite of [[m|la|ēminus|t=at a distance]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives ⟨manus⟩ from [[itc-pro|*manu-|t=hand]] and [[ine-pro|*mon-u-|t=hand]], cognate with [[osc|manim|t=hand]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Ennius is its first author,^(Köbler 2010) with ''quae mea comminus māchaera atque hasta hostībit manū'', of the sword and spear that will strike at close quarters.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It belonged first to the language of war, “at close quarters, hand to hand”, as in Cicero and Caesar, and Virgil uses it of hunters killing deer with the sword.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also “close at hand, near”, as Lucretius' sun that seems to touch the mountains close by, and in law “in each other's presence”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius of fighting hand to hand.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius for “close at hand”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar of close fighting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # At close quarters, [[m|en|hand-to-hand]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Close at hand, near; in each other's presence.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[manus]]

+ * [[ēminus]]

+ * [[prope]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}