lagoena Latin · revision 33490

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=grc λάγυνος}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɫaˈɡoe̯.na]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [laˈd͡ʒɛː.na]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''lagoena''' ''f'' (genitive lagoenae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

+ The OLD files it under ''lagōna'' and also gives ''lagēna'', ''lagoena'' and ''lagūna''.^(OLD 2012)

+ Lewis & Short have it under ''lagēna'', with ''lagaena'', ''lagoena'' and ''lagōna''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ The TLL finds ''lagōna'' in inscriptions and the oldest manuscripts, ''lagūna'' in inscriptions, and ''lagoena'' in the manuscripts of the Old Latin Bible.^(TLL)

+ Georges records the popular inscriptional forms ''laguēna'' and ''laguīna''.^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|λάγυνος|tr=lágunos|t=flask]],^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012)^(Saalfeld 1874)^(Köbler 2010) adapted to the Latin first declension;^(OLD 2012) Köbler calls the further origin of the Greek word unknown.^(Köbler 2010) Isidore of Seville noted that it is a Greek name partly altered to become Latin.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found first in Plautus,^(Köbler 2010)^(TLL) who has ''quasi tu lagoenam dīcās, ubi vīnum Chium solet esse'', “as if you meant a flask, where Chian wine usually is”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a vessel with a narrow neck, a wide belly and handles, usually of earthenware but also of glass or wickerwork, used above all for wine, which was pitched, stoppered and sealed in it.^(Georges 1913)^(OLD 2012) Cicero writes of empty flasks,^(Georges 1913) Horace mentions it in the ''Satires'',^(Conte 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Columella of a well-pitched flask, and Martial of a Syrian flask of glass.^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The phrase ''ā lagōnā'' named the slave in charge of the wine, the cellarer.^(OLD 2012) The word passed into [[goh|lāgella|t=small cask, a measure]], the source of [[de|Lägel]].^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus mentions a flask of Chian wine.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it in his letters.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace mentions it in the ''Satires''.^(Conte 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * c. 15 BC–c. 50 AD – Phaedrus has ''plēna lagoena''.^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella writes of a well-pitched flask.^(Georges 1913)

+ * 40–102/103 AD – Martial mentions a flask of glass.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A narrow-necked [[m|en|flask]] or [[m|en|bottle]], a [[m|en|flagon]], especially for wine; a bottle of wine.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

+ # ''ā lagōnā'': the slave in charge of the wine, a [[m|en|cellarer]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}