vimen Latin · revision 32095

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=234–149 BC, Cato|origins=ine-pro *ueh₁i-mn̥}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈwiː.mɛn]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈviː.men]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''vīmen''' ''n'' (genitive vīminis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|vieō|-men|t1=to plait, weave]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan reconstructs [[itc-pro|*weimn-|t=branch for plaiting]] and [[ine-pro|*ueh₁i-mn̥|t=plaiting]], beside the verb [[m|itc-pro|*wijeje/o-|t=to plait]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[grc|ἴτυς|tr=ítus|t=felloe, rim of a shield]], [[lt|výti|t=to twist, wind]], [[m|lt|vytìs|t=twig]], [[ae|vaēiti-|t=willow]] and [[sga|ar·fen|t=to close off]].^(de Vaan 2008) Wiktionary adds [[de|Weide|t=willow]] and [[en|withy]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Cato,^(de Vaan 2008) and Köbler's first author is Varro;^(Köbler 2010) the word names a pliant branch cut for wickerwork.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a flexible twig or branch, an osier or withy, cut for wickerwork, and is used by Varro, Caesar and Virgil.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It also stands for something made of wickerwork, such as a basket, in Martial, or a fish trap.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short add a slip or set of willow in Columella and the wand of Mercury in Statius.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of withies.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar of osiers for wickerwork.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 40–102/103 AD – Martial of a small basket of olives.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A flexible [[m|en|twig]] or branch cut for [[m|en|wickerwork]], an [[m|en|osier]], withy.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # An article of wickerwork, a basket.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A slip or set of willow; the wand of Mercury.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[vīminālis]]

+ * [[vīminārius]]

+ * [[vīminētum]]

+ * [[vīmineus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vieo|alt=vieō]]

+ * [[vitta]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}