tussis Latin · revision 34256

+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|formation=inherited|attested=190–159 BC, Terence|origins=itc-pro *tussis}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈtʊs.sɪs], [ˈtʊs.siːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈtus.sis], [ˈtus.sis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''tussis''' ''f'' (genitive tussis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+ The accusative singular is ''tussim'' and the ablative ''tussī'';^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Gargilius Martialis has an unusual accusative ''tussem''.^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The origin is uncertain.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Etymonline) Wiktionary takes it as [[inh|itc-pro|*tussis]], from [[ine-pro|*tud-tí-s]], a derivative of the root of [[m|la|tundō|t=to beat]].^(Wiktionary) The OLD too derives it, perhaps, from that verb.^(OLD 2012) De Vaan finds the connection with the verb conceivable in meaning, but notes that its participle ⟨tūsum⟩, from ⟨*tud-to-⟩, shows that an old ⟨*tud-ti-⟩ should have given ⟨*tūsis⟩; the double /s/ could be an onomatopoeic gemination in such a form, or the word may be a pure onomatopoeia unconnected with the verb.^(de Vaan 2008) He notes that the root [[ine-pro|*kʷeh2s-|t=to cough]] also ends in /s/.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan records it first in Terence,^(de Vaan 2008) who has the plural ''tusses'', “fits of coughing”;^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates it from Plautus.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the ordinary word for a cough.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Catullus has ''dare tussim'', “to give someone a cough”, Celsus distinguishes an old cough and a dry cough, ''sicca tussis'', and Pliny the Elder has ''tussi liberari'', “to be freed of a cough”.^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The plural is used of severe fits of coughing.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) In Modern Latin it gave [[m|la-new|pertussis|t=whooping cough]], with the prefix [[m|la|per-]], first used by Sydenham in the 1670s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses the plural ''tusses''.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus speaks of catching a cough.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 14–37 AD – Celsus distinguishes kinds of cough.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1670s – Sydenham uses Modern Latin ''pertussis'' for whooping cough.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|cough]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # In the plural, fits of coughing, a severe cough.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[tussēdō]]

+ * [[tussicula]]

+ * [[tussicus]]

+ * [[tussiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|pertussis]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}