venabulum Latin · revision 33777

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *(H)uēnh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [weːˈnaː.bʊ.ɫũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [veˈnaː.bu.lum]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''vēnābulum''' ''n'' (genitive vēnābulī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|vēnor|-bulum|t1=to hunt]], with the suffix of instruments.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan takes [[m|la|vēnor]] as probably made from an adjective ⟨*wēno-⟩ “hunting” or a noun [[itc-pro|*wēnā-|t=hunting]], from [[ine-pro|*(H)uēnh₁-|t=desire]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler and Lewis & Short find it first in a letter of Cicero,^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879) and de Vaan dates it from Varro.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the hunter's spear, and Lewis & Short cite it from Virgil, Ovid and Martial.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Pliny the Elder uses it of large spear-like arrows for killing elephants.^(Lewis & Short 1879) In medieval Latin it can also be a hunting dog.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, in a letter, of a hunting spear.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil, of hunting spears.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid, of hunting spears.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder, of arrows for killing elephants.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * Medieval Latin – A hunting dog.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|hunting]] [[m|en|spear]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A large spear-like [[m|en|arrow]] used against elephants.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A hunting dog.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vēnor]]

+ * [[vēnātiō]]

+ * [[vēnātor]]

+ * [[vēnātus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}