aeneus Latin · revision 32440

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₂eies-no-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [aˈeː.ne.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [aˈɛː.ne.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''aēneus''' (feminine aēnea, neuter aēneum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|aes|-neus|t1=copper, bronze]].^(OLD 2012) De Vaan traces [[m|la|aes]] to [[itc-pro|*ajos]] and [[ine-pro|*h₂ei-os|t=bronze]], with the adjective [[itc-pro|*ajes-no-|t=made of bronze]] from [[ine-pro|*h₂eies-no-|t=of metal]], which also gave [[xum|ahesnes|t=bronze]].^(de Vaan 2008) He compares [[sa|अयस्|tr=áyas-|t=metal, iron]].^(de Vaan 2008) For the spelling with ⟨h⟩ he reports the view that it filled the hiatus on an Umbrian model.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Plautus, who mentions bronze bracelets.^(Köbler 2010)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means made of bronze or another copper alloy: Cicero has a bronze horse, a bronze statue and bronze candelabra.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Poets use it of the hardness and strength of bronze, as Horace of bronze yokes, and of the race of the bronze age.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Columella uses it of the rust of bronze, and Suetonius of a bronze-coloured beard.^(OLD 2012) Gellius discusses the spelling with ⟨h⟩.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it brazen.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a bronze statue.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace of bronze yokes.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius of a bronze-coloured beard.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Made of [[m|en|bronze]] or [[m|en|copper]], [[m|en|brazen]]; figuratively, hard and strong as bronze.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of or from bronze.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Bronze-coloured.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[aēneātor]]

+ * [[aēnipēs]]

+ * [[aēneolus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[aēnus]]

+ * [[aerāmen]]

+ * [[aerāmentum]]

+ * [[aerārium]]

+ * [[aerārius]]

+ * [[aereus]]

+ * [[aes]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}