reclino Latin · revision 33317

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *ḱl-n(e)-i-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [rɛˈkliː.noː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [reˈkliː.no]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''reclīnō''' (present infinitive reclīnāre, perfect active reclīnāvī, supine reclīnātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|re-|t=back]] and a verb ⟨*clīnō⟩ “to bend”, found only in compounds such as [[m|la|acclīnō]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) De Vaan traces ⟨-clīnō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*kl(e)in-e/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*ḱl-n(e)-i-|t=to lean to, bend]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[grc|κλίνω|tr=klínō|t=to cause to lean]] and [[ang|hlinian|t=to lean]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Cicero has it in his ''Aratea'', where Cepheus lays back his head;^(OLD 2012) de Vaan dates it from Varro.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to cause to lie back or lean against something;^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short call it classical but rare.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Reflexively it is to lie or lean back: Caesar writes that the elks lean back against trees to rest.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also to lay down or rest things, as in Virgil's shields laid aside,^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) and to bend or lay back, as of eyelashes in Pliny the Elder.^(OLD 2012) Statius has bodies turned over, and Quintilian uses the passive of an orator leaning back towards his supporters.^(Lewis & Short 1879) The Vulgate has ''non habet ubi caput reclīnet'', “has nowhere to lay his head”.^(Lewis & Short 1879) In Church Latin it is to lay back, bend back or recline.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|recline]] (early 15th century) comes from it, partly through Old French.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of Cepheus laying back his head.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar, of elks leaning against trees.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil, of shields laid down.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 390–406 AD – The Vulgate, of laying one's head.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – Borrowed into English as [[m|en|recline]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To cause to lie back, lean back;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) reflexively, to [[m|en|recline]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To lay down, [[m|en|rest]] things.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To [[m|en|bend]] or lay back.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[reclīnātōrium]]

+ * [[reclīnis]]

+ * [[reclinus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[acclīnō]]

+ * [[dēclīnō]]

+ * [[inclīnō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}