igneus Latin · revision 31969

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=2nd/1st century BC, Laevius|origins=ine-pro *h₁n̥gʷ-ni-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈɪŋ.ne.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈiɲ.ɲe.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''igneus''' (feminine ignea, neuter igneum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ignis|-eus|t1=fire]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|ignis]] to [[itc-pro|*n̥gʷni-|t=fire]] and [[ine-pro|*h₁n̥gʷ-ni-|t=a fire]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sa|अग्नि|tr=agní-|t=fire]] and [[lt|ugnìs|t=fire]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Laevius;^(Köbler 2010) de Vaan dates it from Lucretius.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means made of or belonging to the element of fire, as in Cicero's discussion of whether a living being is earthy, fiery or airy, and his view that the stars are wholly fiery.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is burning or on fire, as Cicero's fiery thunderbolt, and of heavenly bodies, as the fiery sun.^(OLD 2012) Virgil uses it of a fiery colour that foretells east winds, of burning thirst, and of Camilla's swift feet, and Horace of the fiery summer.^(OLD 2012) Of persons and passions it means fiery or ardent, as Ovid's “fiery madness within”.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it “fiery, burning, flaming, glowing with heat”.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|igneous]] is from the 1660s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 2nd/1st century BC – Laevius.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of the element of fire and of a thunderbolt.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of fiery colour, burning thirst and swift feet.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1660s – Borrowed into English as [[m|en|igneous]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of the element of fire.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Consisting of fire, [[m|en|burning]], on fire.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|fiery|alt=Fiery]] in colour, heat or speed; [[m|en|flame-coloured]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of persons and passions, fiery, [[m|en|ardent]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[igneolus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ignis]]

+ * [[en|igneous]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}