oblino Latin · revision 31763

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₂leyH-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈɔb.lɪ.noː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈɔb.li.no]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''oblinō''' (present infinitive oblinere, perfect active oblēvī, supine oblitum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ A fourth-conjugation form ''obliniō'' also occurs.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ The perfect is usually ''oblēvī'';^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Varro has ''oblīnī''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ob-|linō|t2=to smear]].^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan traces ⟨linō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*lina-|t=to smear]] and a nasal present [[ine-pro|*h₂leyH-|alt=*h2li-n-H-|t=to smear]], cognate with [[cy|llynu|t=to besmear]] and [[grc|ἀλίνειν|tr=alínein|t=to smear]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) whose ''Mostellaria'' has “what need is there of white lead? — to paint my cheeks”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means “to smear, daub, coat”, as with paint or mud, and Varro jokes of a villa plastered with pictures.^(OLD 2012) Cato uses it of sealing a jar by smearing it over.^(OLD 2012) It also means “to make dirty”, and figuratively “to sully, defame”, as Lucilius' “what do you care where I wallow and get dirty?”.^(OLD 2012) Propertius uses it of a blotted part of a letter, and Pliny the Younger of a cloyed appetite.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of painting the cheeks.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato of sealing a jar.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius of getting dirty.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 57/46–12 BC – Propertius of a blotted letter.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|smear]], [[m|en|daub]], coat.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To seal up by smearing.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To make dirty; to [[m|en|sully]], defame.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To blot out.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|cloy]] the appetite.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[linō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}