valvae Latin · revision 32402

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=inherited|attested=220–130 BC, Pacuvius|origins=ine-pro *wol-eu-o-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''valvae''' ''f pl'' (genitive valvārum); first declension^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ The singular ''valva'' is rare, in Pomponius, Petronius and Seneca.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*wolVwā-|t=leaf of a door]], perhaps from an adjective [[ine-pro|*wol-eu-o-|t=turning]] made from the u-present of the root seen in [[m|la|volvō|t=to roll, turn]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) De Vaan derives the ⟨a⟩ from the unrounding of /wo/ in an open syllable.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Pacuvius.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a double or folding door, especially of a temple or palace, and in the singular one leaf of such a door.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cicero, Caesar, Ovid and Pliny the Younger use the plural.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it folding door, the leaves of a door.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 220–130 BC – Pacuvius uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of the doors of a temple.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English [[m|en|valve]] is borrowed in the sense of one half of a folding door.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A double or [[m|en|folding door]], especially of a temple or palace.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # In the singular, one leaf of such a door.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[valvātus]]

+ * [[valvolae]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[volvō]]

+ * [[en|valve]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}