tragula Latin · revision 34136

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la trahō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈtraː.ɡʊ.ɫa]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈtraː.ɡu.la]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''trāgula''' ''f'' (genitive trāgulae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[der|la|trahō|t=to drag, draw]], from an earlier [[m|la|*tragla]] in which the /g/ of the root was kept before /l/.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan thinks the long /aː/ may be analogical after [[m|la|coāgulum]] and [[m|la|repāgula]], while the OLD compares [[m|la|tēgula]] beside [[m|la|tegō]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) That verb goes back to [[itc-pro|*traχe/o-]]; de Vaan finds its closest cognates in Celtic, such as [[sga|tráig|t=ebb, beach]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) who has the figurative ''trāgulam in tē inicere'', to hurl a javelin at someone, that is, to play a trick on them.^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The OLD's earliest literal quotation is from Lucilius, who lists it among hunting and military spears.^(OLD 2012) It is a spear thrown with a strap: Caesar and Livy use it in battle.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010) Varro uses it of a sledge or drag pulled along the ground by a beast,^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) and Pliny the Elder of a dragnet used by fishermen.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) A medieval British writer uses it of javelins thrown in battle.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus has it in a figurative phrase.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius names it among spears.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of a sledge.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of a javelin in battle.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of a dragnet.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|javelin]] fitted with a throwing strap, used in hunting and war;^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879) ''trāgulam in aliquem inicere'', to play a trick on someone.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # A kind of [[m|en|sledge]] or drag.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

+ # A kind of [[m|en|dragnet]].^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[trāgulārius]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[trahō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}