amurca Latin · revision 32111

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=borrowing|attested=234–149 BC, Cato|origins=grc ἀμόργη}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''amurca''' ''f'' (genitive amurcae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''amurga''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|ἀμόργη|tr=amórgē|t=lees of oil]], perhaps through Etruscan.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) Köbler connects the Greek word with the root [[ine-pro|*merǵ-|t=to wipe off]].^(Köbler 2010) Isidore derived it from [[m|la|ēmergō|t=to emerge]], adding that the Greeks had their own name for it.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short's first author is Cato, in his work on farming.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the watery fluid in the olive besides the oil, the lees of oil, as opposed to the solid residue, ''fracēs''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) Cato, Varro, Columella and Pliny the Elder discuss its uses in farming, and Virgil mentions it in the ''Georgics''.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Servius comments on it in his notes on Virgil.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato in his work on farming.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil in the ''Georgics''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 560–636 AD – Isidore on its name.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The watery part pressed out of olives besides the oil, the [[m|en|lees]] or [[m|en|dregs]] of oil.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[amurcarius]]

+ * [[examurgō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}