sarcinula Latin · revision 34408

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81/79–52/50 BC, Catullus|origins=la sarciō}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sarcinula''' ''f'' (genitive sarcinulae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|sarcina|-ula|t1=pack, bundle]], a diminutive.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan lists the noun [[m|la|sarcina]] among the derivatives of [[m|la|sarciō|t=to mend]],^(de Vaan 2008) which goes back to [[itc-pro|*sark-je/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*srk-ie/o-|t=to make good, emend]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest use is in Catullus, ''aptis sarcinulis et expeditis'', “with light and handy little packs”;^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010) Köbler dates it from Pliny the Elder.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means a small, light pack or bundle, and in the plural one's baggage, a sense Lewis and Short call mostly post-Augustan.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Petronius uses it of packing up for a journey and of dividing shared belongings, ''communes sarcinulas partiamur'', and Pliny the Younger of tying up one's luggage.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010) Juvenal uses it jokingly of a girl's small fortune or dowry and quotes the formula of divorce, ''collige sarcinulas, et exi'', “pack your things and go”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010) Gellius and Augustine use the singular of a bag from which a book is taken, and the Vulgate has it in Judges.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) In medieval Britain it meant luggage, one's movable goods, and a small load, also in a figurative sense.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus uses it of light baggage.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * before 66 AD – Petronius uses it of shared belongings.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 67–c. 127 AD – Juvenal uses it of a dowry and in the divorce formula.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius uses it of a bag holding a book.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 390–406 AD – The Vulgate has it in Judges.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1152 – A document records Maria and her nuns leaving the church of Stratford with their belongings.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A small, light [[m|en|pack]] or [[m|en|bundle]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

+ # ''(plural)'' One's [[m|en|baggage]], belongings, effects.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

+ # ''(plural, figurative)'' A girl's little fortune, her dowry.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A small load, a burden.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sarcina]]

+ * [[sarciō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}