anellus Latin · revision 34570

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₁eh₂no-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [aːˈnɛl.lʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [aˈnɛl.lus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ānellus''' ''m'' (genitive ānellī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ānus#1|-ellus|t1=ring]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Lewis and Short call it a diminutive of [[m|la|ānulus|t=ring]],^(Lewis & Short 1879) which is formed from the same noun.^(de Vaan 2008) The noun goes back to [[itc-pro|*āno-|t=ring]] and [[ine-pro|*h₁eh₂no-|t=ring]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sga|áinne|t=ring]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has it first,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) in the ''Epidicus'', of a little gold ring for the finger brought as a birthday present.^(TLL)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Lucretius uses it of the rings of a chain that a magnet holds hanging from itself, and Horace of a man noticed wearing three rings.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The ancient grammarians note that its first vowel is long.^(TLL)

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+ It lived on in Romance: Italian [[m|it|anello]], Spanish [[m|es|anillo]] and French [[m|fr|anneau]].^(TLL) In medieval England it also named a ring for confining prisoners, and a glossary of Ælfric renders it ''lytel hring''.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of a little gold finger ring.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of the rings of a chain.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it of finger rings.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1221 – English records use it of rings for prisoners.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A little [[m|en|ring]], especially a [[m|en|finger ring]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # A link or ring of a [[m|en|chain]].^(TLL)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A ring for confining [[m|en|prisoner|alt=prisoners]].^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ānulus]]

+ * [[it|anello]]

+ * [[fr|anneau]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}