arbustum Latin · revision 31393

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=204–169 BC, Ennius|origins=la arbor}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [arˈbʊs.tũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [arˈbus.tum]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''arbustum''' ''n'' (genitive arbustī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the neuter of [[m|la|arbustus|t=planted with trees]], used as a noun.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) Lewis and Short take it as standing for ⟨*arbosētum⟩, from [[m|la|arbor|t=tree]] in its old form ⟨arbōs⟩, as [[m|la|virgultum|t=thicket]] stands beside ⟨virgulētum⟩; the later [[m|la|arborētum|t=plantation of trees]] is formed the same way.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan tentatively connects ⟨arbor⟩ with [[m|la|arduus|t=high]] and [[ine-pro|*h₃rdʰ-ōs|t=height, uprightness]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Ennius' ''Annals'' have “the whole wood rang with the roar of the leafy forest”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a wood, copse or plantation, as in Ennius, and above all a plantation of trees on which vines were trained, as in Cato.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) In the plural it is trees, bushes or shrubs in general, as Cicero's monster that overturned all the trees in its path;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) Lewis and Short call this sense chiefly poetic.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) Servius comments on it in Virgil, and the glosses explain it as places where trees grow and as fruitful vineyards.^(TLL)

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

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius of a wood ringing with noise.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato of vineyards trained on trees.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of trees overturned.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A wood, copse, [[m|en|plantation]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A plantation of trees on which vines are trained; an [[m|en|orchard]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(plural)'' Trees, bushes, [[m|en|shrub|alt=shrubs]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[arbustīvus]]

+ * [[arbustō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[arbor]]

+ * [[arborārius]]

+ * [[arborātor]]

+ * [[arborēscō]]

+ * [[arborētum]]

+ * [[arboreus]]

+ * [[arbuscula]]

+ * [[arbustus]]

+ * [[virgultum]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}