vinetum Latin · revision 33468

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=234–149 BC, Cato|origins=ine-pro *ueih1-(ō)n}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [wiːˈneː.tũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [viˈnɛː.tum]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''vīnētum''' ''n'' (genitive vīnētī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|vīnum|-ētum|t1=wine]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|vīnum]] to [[itc-pro|*wīno-]] and an n-stem [[ine-pro|*ueih1-(ō)n|t=vine; wine]], perhaps from a root “to weave, wrap”, the vine being “the weaving one”.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[xum|vinu]], [[hit|u̯ii̯an-|t=wine]] and [[grc|οἶνος|tr=oînos]].^(de Vaan 2008) Varro derived it from [[m|la|vītis|t=vine]].^(Varro|5.37)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler records it first in Cato;^(Köbler 2010) de Vaan's first attestation is Varro.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means a plantation of vines, a vineyard, in Varro, Cicero, Virgil, Horace and the agricultural writers.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Horace has the proverb ''vīnēta sua caedere'', “to cut down one's own vines”, meaning to harm oneself.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro derives it from ''vītis''.^(Varro|5.37)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace has ''vīnēta sua caedere''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|vineyard]], a plantation of [[m|en|vine|alt=vines]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vīnum]]

+ * [[vīnea]]

+ * [[vītis]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}