armilla Latin · revision 33428

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la armus}}

+

+ ==Forms==

+ '''armilla''' ''f'' (genitive armillae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

+

+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|armus|-illa|t1=shoulder, upper arm]],^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Georges 1913) as Festus already said;^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) Priscian derived it instead from [[m|la|arma|t=arms]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|armus]] to [[itc-pro|*ar(a)mo-]] and [[ine-pro|*h₂(e)rH-mo-|t=arm]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sa|ईर्म|tr=īrmá-|t=arm, shoulder]], [[prg|irmo|t=arm]] and [[goh|aram|t=arm]].^(de Vaan 2008)

+

+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found first in Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) who asks a woman whether she thinks herself pretty because she has been given bronze bracelets: ''an eō bella es, quia accēpistī tibi armillās aēneās?''^(OLD 2012)

+

+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is an arm-band or bracelet,^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) worn by women, as in Plautus, Ovid and Petronius,^(OLD 2012) and by men: Livy says that the Sabines wore heavy gold bracelets on the left arm,^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) and bracelets were given to soldiers as rewards for bravery.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Suetonius mentions a snake's slough enclosed in a gold bracelet and worn on the right arm as a charm.^(OLD 2012) In Cato and Vitruvius it is a metal hoop, ring or washer in machinery.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The Vulgate uses it of bracelets in Genesis, Isaiah and Ezekiel.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Medieval writers in Britain used it also for the bracelets of a coronation, a book-clasp, a ring for hanging something, and the armillary sphere of astronomers.^(DMLBS) English took ''armilla'' in 1706.^(Etymonline)

+

+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of bronze bracelets.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of metal rings.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of the gold bracelets of the Sabines and of soldiers' rewards.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it of a ring in machinery.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 390–406 AD – The Vulgate uses it in Genesis.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1706 – Borrowed into English as [[m|en|armilla]].^(Etymonline)

+

+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An arm-band, [[m|en|bracelet]], [[m|en|armlet]], worn by women and men and given as a military reward.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

+ # A metal [[m|en|hoop]], ring, [[m|en|washer]] or socket.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A coronation bracelet; a book-clasp; a ring for hanging; the armillary sphere.^(DMLBS)

+

+ ==Word family==

+ * [[armillātus]]

+

+ ==Related words==

+ * [[armus]]

+ * [[en|armilla]]

+

+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}