coruscus Latin · revision 32492

+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [kɔˈrʊs.kʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [koˈrus.kus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''coruscus''' (feminine corusca, neuter coruscum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ Later texts also spell it ''corruscus'', and the Itala has ''scoruscus''.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The origin is uncertain.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) Walde and Hofmann connected it with *(s)ker- "to jump", as in [[grc|σκαίρω|tr=skaírō|t=to skip, dance]], which the OLD also compares; de Vaan calls this a long shot.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) He suggests instead a possible link with [[m|la|queror|t=to lament]], if coru- goes back to *kweru-, but finds the details and the suffix unclear.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Plautus, where a frightened character jokes that he is all of a tremble as he speaks.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means moving rapidly, trembling or quivering, as Virgil's woods waving above a scene.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It also means flashing or gleaming: Varro has a flashing shower falling from a high cloud.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short call it poetic.^(Lewis & Short 1879) From the Itala on it is used as a noun meaning lightning, which Church and Medieval Latin keep.^(Köbler 2010)^(Stelten 1995)^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of trembling with fear.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of a flashing shower.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of quivering woods.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * after 220 AD – the Itala uses it of lightning.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Moving rapidly, [[m|en|quivering]], trembling, waving.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|flashing|alt=Flashing]], [[m|en|glittering]], gleaming.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(Late Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin)'' [[m|en|lightning|alt=Lightning]].^(Stelten 1995)^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[coruscifer]]

+ * [[coruscō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[coruscāmen]]

+ * [[coruscātiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}