ulmeus Latin · revision 33014

+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈʊɫ.me.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈul.me.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ulmeus''' (feminine ulmea, neuter ulmeum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ulmus|-eus|t1=elm]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan traces [[m|la|ulmus]] to [[itc-pro|*e/olmo-]] and compares [[sga|lem|t=elm]] and English [[m|en|elm]]; since the word is found only in Italic, Celtic, Germanic and Slavic and is hard to reconstruct, he thinks it may be of non-Indo-European origin.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) who jokes about elm rods used for beatings: “we shall be elmy” unless twenty minae arrive today.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means of elms or made of elm wood: Columella has elm leaves and Juvenal an elm-wood dinner.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) In Plautus elm switches are the rods of corporal punishment, and he coins ''ulmitriba'', one who wears out elm rods.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 1st century AD – Columella of elm leaves.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 67–c. 127 AD – Juvenal of a dinner on elm.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of [[m|en|elm]] trees; made of elm wood.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Plautus, humorous)'' Beaten with elm rods.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ulmus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}