lumbus Latin · revision 32830

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=inherited|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *londʰ-u-o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈɫʊm.bʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈlum.bus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''lumbus''' ''m'' (genitive lumbī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*londwo-|t=loins]], [[inh|ine-pro|*londʰ-u-o-]].^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan compares [[sa|रन्ध्र|tr=rándhra-|t=loin of animals; weak spot on the body; cavity]], and the OLD and the TLL compare [[goh|lentī]], [[ang|lendenu]] and [[non|lendir]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) Gotō links these words with the Germanic word for land through a verb meaning to sink, a view LIV adopts.^(de Vaan 2008) Isidore says the loins were named from lust.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus and notes that it is usually plural.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) In the OLD's earliest quotation Plautus has loins aching from sitting.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the loins, the part of the body about the hips, and the phrase ⟨lumbōrum dolor⟩ is lumbago.^(OLD 2012) Cicero's ''Aratea'' has ⟨lumbōrum tenus⟩, as far as the loins.^(Lewis & Short 1879) The loins are also the seat of sexual excitement, as in Propertius, and an animal's loin as meat: in Laberius a cook who burns a loin is flogged.^(OLD 2012) Columella uses it of the lower part of a vine stem.^(OLD 2012) Wiktionary gives the plural sense genitals.^(Wiktionary) Niermeyer records medieval senses: a chine of pork, an egg yolk, a lance shaft, the top of a hill and an appurtenance.^(Niermeyer 1976) English [[m|en|loin]] comes from a Vulgar Latin derivative through Old French, from the early 14th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of aching loins.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 106–43 BC – Laberius of a loin as meat.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 57/46–12 BC – Propertius of sexual desire.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 14th century – English [[m|en|loin|alt=loin]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The [[m|en|loins]], the hips;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995) ''lumbōrum dolor'', [[m|en|lumbago]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # The loins as the seat of sexual desire; in the plural, the genitals.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # An animal's loin as meat.^(OLD 2012)

+ # The lower part of a vine stem.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A chine of pork; an egg yolk; a lance shaft; the top of a hill; an appurtenance.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dēlumbis]]

+ * [[dēlumbō]]

+ * [[ēlumbis]]

+ * [[lumbāgō]]

+ * [[lumbāre]]

+ * [[lumbārium]]

+ * [[lumbellus]]

+ * [[lumbifragium]]

+ * [[lumbulus]]

+ * [[praelumbō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}