linteum Latin · revision 32061

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la linteus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈlɪn.te.ũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈlin.te.um]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''linteum''' ''n'' (genitive linteī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

+ The ''Appendix Probi'' censures the spelling ''lintium''.^(Appendix Probi)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the neuter of the adjective [[m|la|linteus|t=of linen]], used as a noun.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan notes that ⟨linteus⟩, beside [[m|la|līnum|t=flax, linen]], points to an unattested noun ⟨*linto-⟩ “linen”; the variation between ⟨*līno-⟩ and ⟨*linto-⟩, and ⟨*lino-⟩ in other languages, makes a common Indo-European form impossible to reconstruct.^(de Vaan 2008) Compare [[grc|λίνον|tr=línon|t=linen]] and [[lt|lìnas|t=flax]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Plautus,^(Köbler 2010) whose ''Mostellaria'' has “take a towel and wipe your hands”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a piece of linen cloth, as Cato's linen through which juice is squeezed.^(OLD 2012) It was used of many things made of linen: a sail, as in Catullus' boat that could fly with oars or with sail; a towel or napkin; and a curtain or awning, as Lucretius' theatre awnings.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In medieval texts it is a shroud or a tunic.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of a towel.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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

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

+ * Middle Ages – A shroud.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|linen]] cloth.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A [[m|en|sail]]; a [[m|en|towel]], napkin; a curtain, [[m|en|awning]]; a bedsheet.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|shroud]]; a tunic.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[linteāmen]]

+ * [[linteārius]]

+ * [[linteātus]]

+ * [[linteō]]

+ * [[linteolum]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[linteus]]

+ * [[linum|alt=līnum]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}