aduncus Latin · revision 32991

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=204–169 BC, Ennius|origins=ine-pro *h₂onḱ-o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [aˈdʊŋ.kʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [aˈduŋ.kus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''aduncus''' (feminine adunca, neuter aduncum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ad-|uncus|t2=hooked]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|uncus]] to [[itc-pro|*onko-]] and [[ine-pro|*h₂onḱ-o-|t=hook]], comparing [[sa|अङ्क|tr=aṅká-|t=hook, clamp]] and [[grc|ὄγκος|tr=ónkos|t=barb of an arrow]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Ennius,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) whose ''Annals'' have hooked mooring stakes.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means hooked or curved, of parts of the body, especially a nose, beak or horns, and of implements.^(OLD 2012) Terence has a hooked nose, the opposite of [[reduncus]], and the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' hooked teeth.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cicero writes of a saw hooked and toothed all over and of atoms curved and as if hooked.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Döderlein says [[uncus]] means a strong curve, nearly a semicircle, like a hook.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius of hooked stakes.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence of a hooked nose.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a hooked saw.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|hooked|alt=Hooked]], curved, bent; of a nose, [[m|en|aquiline]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[aduncitās]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[uncus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}