eminus Latin · revision 31469

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 235–200 BC, Naevius|origins=ine-pro *mon-u-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

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

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|ex-|t=out of, away from]] and [[manus|t=hand]],^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) literally “hands apart”, the opposite of [[comminus|t=hand to hand]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) De Vaan derives the noun from [[itc-pro|*man-u-]] and [[ine-pro|*mon-u-|t=hand]], cognate with [[osc|manim|t=hand]] and [[non|mund|t=hand]], and sees ⟨-manus⟩ in both adverbs.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Naevius,^(Köbler 2010) de Vaan from the historian Sisenna.^(de Vaan 2008) It is a military term for fighting at a distance with missiles rather than hand to hand.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Besides fighting at long range, a spear's throw away, it is used outside war for “from a distance”, as Lucretius' things that catch fire from the heat before the flame touches them, and Ovid's plea for help from afar.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it “at a distance”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – First recorded in Naevius.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 120–67 BC – In Sisenna.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of things that catch fire from a distance.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # At long range, with [[m|en|missile|alt=missiles]], not hand to hand.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # From a distance, from afar.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[manus]]

+ * [[comminus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}