linter Latin · revision 34061

+ {{infobox|confidence=unknown|attested=280/260–before 200 BC, Livius Andronicus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈlɪn.tɛr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈlin.ter]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''linter''' ''f'' or m (genitive lintris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+ An older form ''lunter'' also occurs.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

+ Sidonius has a nominative ''lintris''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ It is masculine in Tibullus and Velleius.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The origin is unknown.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) Wiktionary takes the form ⟨lunter⟩ to be the older one, and compares [[grc|λιντήρ|tr=lintḗr]].^(Wiktionary) The traditional derivation is from [[ine-pro|*plew-|t=to wash]], beside [[m|grc|πλυντήρ|tr=pluntḗr]], but the loss of the ⟨p⟩ is unexplained.^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The TLL rejects a comparison of ⟨lunter⟩ with an Old Norse word on the grounds of the sounds.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Livius Andronicus.^(Köbler 2010) Cato uses it of a trough or vat for wine.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a trough, vat or tub, and a small light boat or skiff;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Virgil has them hollowed from a tree.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cicero has timber carried to an island in such boats.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Döderlein counts it, with ''scapha'' and [[cymba]], among small boats for short distances and crossings.^(Döderlein 1874) A proverb, to speak from a boat, was said of an orator who swayed his body from side to side;^(Lewis & Short 1879) Quintilian reports that Julius mocked the elder Curio for it.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Ovid and Tibullus use the boat in figures for turning to another subject and for a favourable chance.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Bücheler tried to show that the spelling ''lun-'', which the Romance languages continue, is the older one.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 280/260–before 200 BC – Livius Andronicus.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato of a trough for wine.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of small boats.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian reports the proverb of speaking from a boat.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A small light [[m|en|boat]], [[m|en|skiff]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A [[m|en|trough]], [[m|en|vat]], tank, tub.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[lintrārius]]

+ * [[lintriculus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}