teres Latin · revision 32775

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=ine-pro *terh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈtɛ.rɛs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈtɛː.res]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''teres''' (genitive teretis, comparative teretior); third-declension one-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ The ablative singular is ''teretī'' and the neuter plural ''teretia''; the comparative is perhaps found only in Gellius.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|terō|t=to rub]] with the suffix ⟨-es⟩, after the model of [[hebes]].^(OLD 2012) De Vaan lists it under that verb, which he traces to [[itc-pro|*tera-]] and [[ine-pro|*terh₁-|t=to rub]].^(de Vaan 2008) The OLD compares [[grc|κυκλοτερής|tr=kukloterḗs|t=rounded like a circle]].^(OLD 2012) Festus defines it as rounded along its length, like the poles nature provides.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Lucretius.^(de Vaan 2008) Cicero's ''Aratea'' has the head of the Dragon turned back on a rounded neck, and Catullus a tomb heaped up into a rounded mound.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means smooth and rounded, without angles, especially of cylindrical things: Caesar has rounded stakes, Columella a rounded pole.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is used of rounded parts of the body, and of fabrics rounded into a bulge, as in Catullus' band that bound a woman's breasts.^(OLD 2012) Of style or tone it is smooth and well rounded: Cicero describes a speech that is full yet smooth, and it is also used of an ear sensitive to such style.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short give [[rotundus]] as a synonym.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a rounded neck and of smooth speech.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus of a rounded mound and of a band.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar of rounded stakes.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Smooth and [[m|en|rounded]], without angles; [[m|en|cylindrical]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of parts of the body, rounded, shapely; of fabrics, rounded into a bulge.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Of style or tone, smooth, well rounded, [[m|en|polished]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[terō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}