laniger Latin · revision 34097

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=204–169 BC, Ennius|origins=ine-pro *h₂ulh₁-neh₂-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈɫaː.nɪ.ɡɛr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈlaː.ni.d͡ʒer]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''lāniger''' (feminine lānigera, neuter lānigerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a compound of [[m|la|lāna|t=wool]] and [[m|la|-ger|t=bearing]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|lāna]] to [[itc-pro|*wlānā-|t=wool]] and [[ine-pro|*h₂ulh₁-neh₂-|t=wool]], literally “plucked material”, and compares [[lt|vìlna|t=wool]], [[grc|λῆνος|tr=lênos|t=wool]] and [[sga|olann|t=wool]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Ennius.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) Cicero quotes Accius' woolly flock.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a poetic word for wool-bearing, woolly, fleecy, especially in phrases for sheep, as Virgil's woolly sheep and flocks.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) As a noun it is a ram or a sheep: Ovid has an old ram worn out by countless years.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Pliny the Elder applies it to trees that bear cotton and to the woolly matter of spiders.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It also means made of wool, as Virgil's woollen caps of the Salii.^(OLD 2012) Wiktionary notes the poetic use for the constellation of the Ram.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius of a woolly flock.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of sheep and woollen caps.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid of an old ram.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder of cotton trees.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Wool-bearing, [[m|en|woolly]], [[m|en|fleecy]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Producing a woolly material (of trees, insects).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Made of wool.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|ram]], a sheep;^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ''(poetic)'' the constellation of the Ram.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[lana|alt=lāna]]

+ * [[laneus|alt=lāneus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}