acernus Latin · revision 33294

+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|formation=derivation|attested=70–19 BC, Virgil|origins=itc-pro *ak-er-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [aˈkɛr.nʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [aˈt͡ʃɛr.nus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''acernus''' (feminine acerna, neuter acernum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|acer#1|-nus|t1=maple]];^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) Priscian notes the derivation.^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|acer#1]] to [[itc-pro|*ak-er-]] and connects [[goh|ahorn|t=maple]], but finds further connections uncertain; it may be a non-Indo-European tree name borrowed into Greek and Latin, compare [[grc|ἄκαστος|tr=ákastos|t=maple]] in Hesychius.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Virgil,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) who has a horse built of maple beams, ''equus trabibus contextus acernis''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means of the maple tree, and especially made of maplewood:^(OLD 2012) Virgil has a maple throne, Horace a maple table, Propertius a rampart of maple and Ovid a cow of maple wood.^(OLD 2012) Ovid also has maple branches and a maple trunk.^(TLL) Venantius Fortunatus uses ''acernus'' as a noun for the maple tree itself.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil, of a horse built of maple beams and a maple throne.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace, of a maple table.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 57/46–12 BC – Propertius, of a maple rampart.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid, of maple branches and a maple cow.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of the [[m|en|maple]] tree;^(OLD 2012) made of maplewood.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[acer#1]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}