marinus Latin · revision 31801

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''marīnus''' (feminine marīna, neuter marīnum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|mare|-īnus|t1=sea]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan traces ⟨mare⟩ to [[itc-pro|*mari|alt=*mari-|t=sea, lake]] and [[ine-pro|*móri|alt=*mor-i-|t=sea, lake]], a word for any large body of water; cognate with [[sga|muir|t=sea]], [[lt|mãrės|t=lagoon]], [[cu|морє|tr=morje|t=sea]] and [[goh|mari|t=sea, lake]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Ennius,^(Köbler 2010) who has sea regions in his ''Saturae'' and a sea-weasel among the fish.^(OLD 2012) De Vaan dates it from Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means “of the sea, marine”, of sea deities such as Catullus' sea nymphs, of animals and plants named after land kinds (the sea-weasel), of sea products, and of seawater (''aqua marina'').^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It distinguishes sea from river, especially of seagoing ships and sailors, and in Vitruvius means “nautical”, of naval machines.^(OLD 2012) ''Ros marinus'', “sea dew”, is rosemary.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “of the sea, marine”.^(Stelten 1995) In medieval sources the noun ''marinus'' is a sailor.^(Niermeyer 1976) Marinus is also a given name.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius of sea regions and sea animals.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus of sea nymphs.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius of naval machines.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-15th century – Borrowed into English as [[m|en|marine]], partly through Old French.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of the [[m|en|sea]], [[m|en|marine]]; of seawater; seagoing.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # [[m|en|nautical|alt=Nautical]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''ros marinus'', [[m|en|rosemary]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|sailor]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[marīnum]]

+ * [[permarīnus]]

+ * [[sēmimarīnus]]

+ * [[trānsmarīnus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mare]]

+ * [[maritimus]]

+ * [[en|marine]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}