populeus Latin · revision 33323

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=204–169 BC, Ennius}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [poːˈpʊ.ɫe.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pōpuleus''' (feminine pōpulea, neuter pōpuleum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ Some manuscripts of Valerius Flaccus and the Vulgate have ''pup-''.^(TLL)

+

+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|pōpulus#2|-eus|t1=poplar]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan finds no etymology for [[m|la|pōpulus#2]]; [[grc|πτελέα|tr=pteléa|t=elm]] shares /p/ and /l/ with it, but no regular correspondence can be found.^(de Vaan 2008)

+

+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Ennius,^(Köbler 2010) whose ''Annals'' have it of poplar foliage, quoted by Ausonius;^(Lewis & Short 1879) the TLL calls Ennius probable and finds it certainly from Virgil, Horace and Ovid on.^(TLL)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means of or belonging to a poplar, and ''arbor pōpulea'' is a poplar tree:^(OLD 2012) Virgil has poplar leaves and poplar shade, and Horace a poplar wreath.^(Lewis & Short 1879) It also means consisting of poplars, as Lucan's river whose banks were shaded by a crown of poplars,^(OLD 2012) and the OLD notes its use of the sisters of Phaethon who were turned into poplars.^(OLD 2012) The TLL finds it often in the poets.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius, of poplar foliage.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil, of poplar leaves and shade.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace, of a poplar wreath.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+

+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of a [[m|en|poplar]], poplar-.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Consisting of poplars.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pōpulus#2]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}