dumus Latin · revision 34001

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=inherited|attested=c. 280–200 BC, Livius Andronicus|origins=itc-pro *dū̆smo-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈduː.mʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈduː.mus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dūmus''' ''m'' (genitive dūmī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*dū̆smo-]].^(de Vaan 2008) Livius Andronicus has an older adjective ⟨dusmo⟩, which the epitome of Festus by Paul the Deacon explains by [[m|la|dūmōsus|t=bushy]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan's only certain cognate is [[sga|dos|t=shrub]], from a shared stem ⟨*dus-⟩ with no further connections.^(de Vaan 2008) The OLD and the TLL compare [[gmh|zūsach|t=brushwood]], but de Vaan doubts that the Germanic words belong here.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Livius Andronicus,^(de Vaan 2008) whose adjective ⟨dusmo⟩ is quoted by Paul the Deacon.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a thorn or briar bush, mostly in the plural ''dūmī'', thickets of bushes;^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008) the singular is found apparently only in Ovid.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008) Cicero and Virgil use it often.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(de Vaan 2008) Döderlein distinguishes ''dūmī'', bushes growing thickly together like a wilderness, from ''sentēs'', prickly bushes that wound, while ''vepres'' joins both ideas.^(Döderlein 1874) In medieval Latin it is a field overgrown with thistles.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 280–200 BC – Livius Andronicus has the old adjective ''dusmo''.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of brambles.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses the singular.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|thorn]] bush, [[m|en|briar]], [[m|en|bramble]];^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) ''(plural)'' thickets.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A field overgrown with [[m|en|thistle|alt=thistles]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dumalis]]

+ * [[dumesco]]

+ * [[dūmētum]]

+ * [[dumicola]]

+ * [[dūmōsus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vepres]]

+ * [[sentis]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}