mulsum Latin · revision 33145

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *mel-i(-t)}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈmʊɫ.sũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈmul.sum]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''mulsum''' ''n'' (genitive mulsī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[der|la|mulsus|t=mixed with honey]], the neuter of that adjective used as a noun with [[m|la|vīnum|t=wine]] understood.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan lists both the adjective and the noun under [[m|la|mel|t=honey]], from [[ine-pro|*mel-i(-t)|t=honey]], cognate with [[grc|μέλι|tr=méli|t=honey]] and [[sga|mil|t=honey]];^(de Vaan 2008) Lewis & Short and Wiktionary instead take the adjective as the participle of [[m|la|mulceō|t=to stroke, soothe]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) who has someone told to mix the honey-wine in the ''Persa''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a drink of wine mixed with honey, oenomel.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cicero mentions cold honey-wine in the ''De oratore'',^(Lewis & Short 1879) and Serenus Sammonicus uses ''mulsum acētī'' for honey vinegar.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Quintilian cites the plural as a solecism.^(OLD 2012) Stelten glosses it “sweet wine”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus, of honey-wine.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of cold honey-wine.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian calls the plural a solecism.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|honey|alt=Honey]]-wine, a drink of wine mixed with honey, [[m|en|mead]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[mulseus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mel]]

+ * [[mulsus]]

+ * [[mulceō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}