milium Latin · revision 33258

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=inherited|attested=234–149 BC, Cato|origins=ine-pro *melh₂-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈmɪ.li.ũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈmiː.li.um]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''milium''' ''n'' (genitive miliī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is probably [[inh|itc-pro|*meljo-]],^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) from [[ine-pro|*melh₂-|t=to grind]], “the grain to be ground”.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan takes it from ⟨*meliom⟩ with the vowel change seen in [[m|la|nihil]] and [[m|la|similis]]; the Latin, Greek and Lithuanian words may be separate derivatives of that root or continue one ancient noun [[m|ine-pro|*mélh₂-i]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[grc|μελίνη|tr=melínē|t=millet]] and [[lt|málnos|t=a kind of millet]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) Varro thought it came from the Greek word, and Festus reports that some connected it with [[m|la|mīlle|t=thousand]].^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Cato.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is millet.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Varro, Virgil and Pliny the Elder mention it as a crop.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin keeps the sense.^(Stelten 1995) Through Old French [[m|fro|mil]] and its diminutive [[m|fro|millet]] it gave English [[m|en|millet]] (early 15th century).^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro, on farming.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil, in the ''Georgics''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English [[m|en|millet]], through Old French.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|millet|alt=Millet]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[miliārius]]

+ * [[miliacus]]

+ * [[miliāria]]

+ * [[miliginus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|millet]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}