vinosus Latin · revision 34466

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [wiːˈnoː.sʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [viˈnɔː.s̬us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''vīnōsus''' (feminine vīnōsa, neuter vīnōsum, comparative vīnōsior); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|vīnum|-ōsus|t1=wine|t2=full of]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan traces [[m|la|vīnum]] to [[itc-pro|*wīno-]] and [[ine-pro|*uih1-n-|t=vine; wine]], an n-stem from the root meaning to weave or wrap, so that the vine was “the weaving one”.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognates include [[xum|vinu|t=wine]], [[hit|u̯ii̯an-|t=wine]] and [[grc|οἶνος|tr=oînos|t=wine]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan records it from Plautus on,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) who in the ''Curculio'' calls an old woman ''vinosissuma'', very fond of wine.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its main sense is immoderately fond of wine or drunk with it: Scipio Aemilianus says of someone that he is not only ''vinosus'' but also ''virosus'', and Horace says that Homer is convicted of loving wine by his praises of it.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Ovid uses it of an age fonder of wine and of drinking parties.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Of things it means tasting or smelling of wine: Columella uses it of the fruit of the pomegranate, and Pliny the Elder of flavours, juices and smells.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Medieval writers in Britain use it of drunkenness and heavy drinking, quoting Horace's line on Homer.^(DMLBS) English [[m|en|vinous]], from the early 15th century, comes from it.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses the superlative of an old woman.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 185/184–129 BC – Scipio Aemilianus uses it in a speech.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace calls Homer ''vinosus''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it of fruit with a winy taste.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English [[m|en|vinous]] is formed from it.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Immoderately fond of [[m|en|wine]]; [[m|en|drunk]] with wine.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Of things, tasting or smelling of wine, [[m|en|vinous]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[vīnōsitās]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|vinous]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}