illino Latin · revision 32541

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1st century BC, Novius|origins=ine-pro *h₂li-n-H-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈɪl.lɪ.noː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈil.li.no]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''illinō''' (present infinitive illinere, perfect active illēvī, supine illitum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|in-|linō|t2=to smear]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|linō]] to [[itc-pro|*lina-|t=to smear]] and [[ine-pro|*h₂li-n-H-]], a nasal present.^(de Vaan 2008) He compares [[sga|lenaid|t=to stay, glue, follow]], [[cy|llynu|t=to besmear]] and [[grc|ἀλίνειν|tr=alínein|t=to smear]], a word of Hesychius.^(de Vaan 2008) He finds none of the explanations of the perfect ⟨lēvī⟩ convincing.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest quotation is from the comic poet Novius: a character says that he smears on chalk and white lead.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is used both of the substance put on and of the thing covered: to smear on, and to besmear, coat or anoint.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Pliny the Elder writes of wasps that coat their nests, and Seneca contemptuously of clothes covered in purple and gold.^(OLD 2012) Horace uses it of a poet who smears his verses on paper.^(OLD 2012) Columella and Pliny the Elder also have fourth-conjugation forms such as ⟨illinire⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it to smear, bedaub, paint over.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1st century BC – Novius of smearing on chalk and white lead.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace of verses smeared on paper.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella has the form ''illinire''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder of wasps coating their nests.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|smear]] on, spread on; contemptuously, to scribble.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To besmear, [[m|en|daub]], [[m|en|anoint]], coat with something.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[illinimentum]]

+ * [[illitus]]

+ * [[superillinō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[lino|alt=linō]]

+ * [[oblino|alt=oblinō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}