monile Latin · revision 33096

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=2nd half of the 2nd century BC, Afranius|origins=ine-pro *mon-i-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [mɔˈniː.ɫɛ]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [moˈniː.le]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''monīle''' ''n'' (genitive monīlis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a derivative of [[itc-pro|*monjo-|t=neck]], from [[ine-pro|*mon-i-|t=neck]], with the suffix ⟨-īle⟩.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) De Vaan notes that it can be formed directly from an i-stem ⟨*moni-⟩ "neck".^(de Vaan 2008) Cognates include [[sga|muin|t=upper back, neck]], [[sa|मन्या|tr=mányā-|t=neck]] and [[sa|मणि|tr=maṇí-|t=neck ornament]], and [[ang|mene|t=necklace]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) The OLD also compares Greek [[m|grc|μανιάκης|tr=maniákēs|t=Gallic neck ornament]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler find it first in Afranius,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) who speaks of the owner of a necklace.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a necklace or ornamental collar, worn especially by women, but also by boys and by animals.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cicero tells of Eriphyle, who saw a necklace of gold and jewels.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Virgil has golden collars hanging down on horses' breasts.^(OLD 2012) In the plural it can mean jewellery in general: Apuleius speaks of the happy people who walk on gems and jewels.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Stelten gives "necklace, jewel, collar" for Church Latin.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 2nd half of the 2nd century BC – Afranius of a necklace's owner.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of Eriphyle's necklace.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of golden collars on horses.^(OLD 2012)

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius of jewels.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|necklace]], ornamental [[m|en|collar]] (worn by women or boys); ''(plural)'' [[m|en|jewellery]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # A collar worn as an ornament by horses and other animals.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[torquēs]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}