marmoreus Latin · revision 32033

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 180–102 BC, Lucilius|origins=grc μάρμαρος}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [marˈmɔ.re.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [marˈmɔː.re.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''marmoreus''' (feminine marmorea, neuter marmoreum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ Inscriptions also have ''marmorius'' and ''marmur-''.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|marmor|-eus|t1=marble]], an adjective of material.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) The noun [[m|la|marmor]] was borrowed from [[grc|μάρμαρος|tr=mármaros|t=marble]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Lucilius;^(Köbler 2010) the OLD also cites a fragment of the ''Cypria Ilias'' ascribed to Naevius for a “marble neck”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means made of marble, as in Cicero's statues of bronze, marble or ivory and in an old inscription of a statue.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also proper to marble, as Lucretius' “marble whiteness”; already in the earliest poetry it means like marble, especially in whiteness, of the human body.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “of marble”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of marble whiteness.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of marble statues.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1723 – English [[m|en|marmoreal]] is formed from it.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Made of [[m|en|marble]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of or proper to marble.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Like marble, especially in whiteness; marble-white.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[marmor]]

+ * [[en|marmoreal]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}