vermis Latin · revision 33373

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈwɛr.mɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈvɛr.mis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''vermis''' ''m'' (genitive vermis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*wormi-|t=snake, worm]], [[inh|ine-pro|*u̯r̥mi-|t=snake, worm]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[ang|wyrm]], [[non|ormr]] and [[goh|wurm|t=worm]], from [[gem-pro|*wurma/i-]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) De Vaan points out that other branches have [[ine-pro|*kʷr̥mi-|t=worm]], as in [[sga|cruim]], [[sa|कृमि|tr=kŕ̥mi-|t=worm, maggot]] and [[lt|kirmìs|t=worm, snake]], and suggests that Latin and Germanic may have changed that form to [[m|ine-pro|*wr̥mi-]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan records it from Cato,^(de Vaan 2008) who has it in the work on farming.^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a worm, a maggot or another small creature of similar look.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lucretius uses it several times,^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) and Celsus, Columella and Pliny the Elder have it in medicine and farming;^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010) Pliny also gives the name to a kind of fish.^(Conte 2010) Church Latin keeps the plain sense, a worm.^(Stelten 1995) It lives on in [[m|it|verme]] and in forms such as [[m|sc|berme]] and [[m|rup|iermu]].^(Conte 2010)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 14–37 AD – Celsus.^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder, also of a fish.^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|worm]], [[m|en|maggot]] or similar small creature.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # A kind of fish.^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[vermiculus]]

+ * [[vermiculātus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|worm]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}