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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=280/260–before 200 BC, Livius Andronicus|origins=ine-pro *ues-r/n-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * Classical: [ˈweːr.nʊs], [ˈwɛr.nʊs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈvɛr.nus]^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Forms==
+ '''vē̆rnus''' (feminine vē̆rna, neuter vē̆rnum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|vēr|-nus|t1=spring]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan explains it either as continuing an older [[itc-pro|*wesinos]] or, with Nussbaum, as made from a locative [[m|itc-pro|*vēri-no-]];^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Wiktionary notes that the details of the derivation differ between sources.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) He traces [[m|la|vēr]] to [[m|itc-pro|*wes-or]] and [[ine-pro|*ues-r/n-|t=spring]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sa|वसन्त|tr=vasantá-|t=spring]], [[grc|ἔαρ|tr=éar|t=spring]], [[lt|vãsara|t=summer]] and [[non|vár|t=spring]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Köbler dates it from Livius Andronicus.^(Köbler 2010) It means of or occurring in [[m|en|spring]].^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It is the ordinary adjective for things of the spring: the spring season in Lucretius and Cicero, the spring equinox in Livy and Varro, spring winds in Horace.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) It is also used of permanent things as they are in spring, of plants that ripen or are sown in spring, as Celsus' spring lettuce, and of things built for use in spring, as Vitruvius' spring dining rooms facing east.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 280/260–before 200 BC – Livius Andronicus uses it.^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of the spring season.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius of dining rooms for use in spring.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 14–37 AD – Celsus of spring lettuce.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adjective===
+ # Of or occurring in [[m|en|spring]], [[m|en|vernal]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)
+ # Such as it is in spring.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Of plants, ripening or sown in spring.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Built or used for the spring.^(OLD 2012)
+
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[ver|alt=vēr]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}