poples Latin · revision 32956

+ {{infobox|confidence=unknown|attested=170–c. 90 BC, Accius}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈpɔ.pɫɛs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈpɔː.ples]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''poples''' ''m'' (genitive poplitis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It has no certain etymology.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan rejects the idea that it was borrowed from a Sabellic outcome of [[ine-pro|*kʷe/o-kʷlo-m|t=neck]], since nothing shows it to be a loanword.^(de Vaan 2008) The TLL reports a view that, as the knee is made for bending, it contains the ⟨-pl-⟩ of [[plico|alt=plicō]] “to fold” with a suffix as in [[circes|alt=circes, -itis]], and a prefix or reduplication at the start.^(TLL) Wiktionary also mentions a root [[ine-pro|*pal-|t=to feel, touch, shake]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Accius,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) whose tragedy warns someone not to let weariness slow the running of their knees.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the knee joint or the knee, and in particular the back of the knee, the hock or ham: Virgil has Gyges cut down with a hamstring, and Livy hamstrings and thighs cut.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Pliny the Elder says the elephant bends its knees inward like a man, and Columella has knees, hocks and legs.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short compare ''suffrāgō''.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it knee.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius of the running of the knees.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of a hamstrung warrior.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of hamstrings cut.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder of the elephant's knees.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The [[m|en|knee]] joint; the knee.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # The back of the knee, [[m|en|hock]], [[m|en|ham]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[suffrago|alt=suffrāgō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}