tribulis Latin · revision 32859

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=190–159 BC, Terence|origins=ine-pro *tri-dʰh₁-u-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [trɪˈbuː.lɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [triˈbuː.lis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''tribūlis''' ''m'' (genitive tribūlis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|tribus|-ūlis|t1=tribe]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|tribus]] to [[itc-pro|*triþu-|t=tripartite entity]] and [[ine-pro|*tri-dʰh₁-u-|t=tripartite division]], following Weiss; compare [[xum|trifu|t=district]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Terence.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) Lewis & Short cite it first from the ''Adelphoe''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a member of the same tribe as someone, a fellow tribesman: Cicero writes of “your fellow tribesman”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) Livy and Horace also use it.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Martial uses it of a poor man, a landless man registered only by his tribe.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of fellow tribesmen.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 40–102/103 AD – Martial of a poor man.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A fellow [[m|en|tribesman]], a member of the same [[m|en|tribe]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A poor man, one of the lower class.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[contribūlis]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tribus]]

+ * [[tribunus|alt=tribūnus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}