lucellum Latin · revision 33551

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *lh2u-tló-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''lucellum''' ''n'' (genitive lucellī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a diminutive, [[af|la|lucrum|-lum|t1=gain, profit]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|lucrum]] to [[itc-pro|*luklo-]], dissimilated to ⟨*lukro-⟩, and [[ine-pro|*lh2u-tló-|t=seizure, gain]], comparing [[grc|ἀπολαύω|tr=apolaúō|t=to enjoy]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Cicero on.^(Köbler 2010)^(TLL) In the Verrines the Sicilians were ordered to give Apronius, the praetor's favourite, some small gain: ''Apronio, deliciis praetoris, lucelli aliquid iussi sunt dare Siculi''.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means a small or petty gain, financial or otherwise.^(OLD 2012) Besides Cicero it appears in Catullus and Horace, who speaks of sharing a small gain and sets sweet profit against honour.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Seneca uses it figuratively of sharing the day's small gain.^(Lewis & Short 1879) The grammarians and Paul's epitome of Festus explain it as the diminutive of [[lucrum]].^(TLL) Medieval writers still use it for a small gain or profit.^(DMLBS)^(Du Cange 1883)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of a small profit.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace, of a small gain shared.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca, figuratively.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 974 – A charter, of the passing gains of this life.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A small or petty [[m|en|gain]], slight [[m|en|profit]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[lucrum]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}