convallis Latin · revision 32843

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=la vallis}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''convallis''' ''f'' (genitive convallis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|con-|vallis|t2=valley]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) Varro and later Cassiodorus explained it as a hollowed valley, from [[m|la|cavus|t=hollow]].^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short cite it first from Varro and Lucretius.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates it from Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a deep, narrow or enclosed valley, a glen.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short call it frequent and classical in prose and verse, in Cicero, Caesar, Livy, Virgil and Juvenal.^(Lewis & Short 1879) The ablative is usually ⟨convalle⟩, but Varro and Apuleius have ⟨convallī⟩, and Prudentius has a neuter plural ⟨convallia⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it valley.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 348/49–c. 413 AD – Prudentius has the plural ''convallia''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A deep, narrow or enclosed [[m|en|valley]], a [[m|en|glen]], [[m|en|ravine]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vallis]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}