asser Latin · revision 33754

+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|attested=c. 235–200 BC, Naevius}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈas.sɛr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈas.ser]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''asser''' ''m'' (genitive asseris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The origin is uncertain; the OLD marks it as doubtful.^(OLD 2012) De Vaan treats it under [[m|la|assis|t=plank]], whose variant spelling ⟨axis⟩ he takes as a hypercorrection; he reports Ernout and Meillet's view that ⟨*assis⟩, genitive ⟨*asseris⟩, gave the plural ⟨asserēs⟩, from which the singular was back-formed.^(de Vaan 2008) He rejects Pokorny's link with ⟨*ost-⟩ “bone”, since Latin has ⟨o-⟩ in [[m|la|os#2|t=bone]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) The TLL also compares [[m|la|assis]] and [[m|la|axis]], and Wiktionary derives it from [[ine-pro|*h₂eḱs-|t=axis]].^(TLL)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Naevius has it first.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) In Plautus' ''Aulularia'' someone says there is no firewood, and is asked whether there are rafters.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a wooden beam, pole or post, and especially a horizontal timber holding up a roof, a joist or rafter.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Caesar has beams twelve feet long, tipped with iron points, driven into the ground.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Vitruvius, Livy and Tacitus also use it.^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is the pole of a litter, as in Martial.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Church Latin has “plank, board, lath”.^(Stelten 1995) In Medieval Latin it is also a shaft or arrow.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius has the word.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus, of rafters.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar, of iron-tipped beams.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 40–102/103 AD – Martial, of the pole of a litter.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * Medieval Latin – A shaft, an arrow.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A wooden [[m|en|beam]], pole, post, [[m|en|stake]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A [[m|en|joist]], [[m|en|rafter]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # The pole of a [[m|en|litter]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' A plank, board, [[m|en|lath]].^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A shaft; an arrow.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[inasserō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[assis]]

+ * [[axis]]

+ * [[assula]]

+ * [[tignum]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}