agellus Latin · revision 32450

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=190–159 BC, Terence|origins=ine-pro *h₂eǵ-ro-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''agellus''' ''m'' (genitive agellī); second declension^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ Cassiodorus has a neuter ''agellum''.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ager|-lus|t1=field]], a diminutive.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|ager]] to [[itc-pro|*agro-|t=field]] and [[ine-pro|*h₂eǵ-ro-|t=uncultivated field, pasture]], derived from the root *h₂eǵ- "to drive, lead", and compares [[grc|ἀγρός|tr=agrós|t=field]] and [[sa|अज्र|tr=ájra-|t=field]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL's first example is in Terence, where a character mentions a little piece of land near the city that is let out.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a small plot or little field: Varro describes one no bigger than a single iugerum, and Cicero argues that the gods do not attend to the little fields and vines of individuals.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) The TLL records the plural as poetic from the ''Dirae'' on.^(TLL) It also became a name: a bishop Agellus of Terracina appears in 601, and Gregory the Great names an estate Agellus.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence of a little plot near the city.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of a field of one iugerum.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of the little fields of individuals.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 601 AD – a bishop named Agellus.^(TLL)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A small [[m|en|plot]] of land, a little [[m|en|field]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[agellulus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}