reclinis Latin · revision 34688

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=43 BC–18 AD, Ovid|origins=ine-pro *ḱl-n(e)-i-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [rɛˈkliː.nɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [reˈkliː.nis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''reclīnis''' (neuter reclīne); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[der|la|reclīnō|t=to lean back]],^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010) which the TLL describes as a back-formation, comparing [[m|la|inclīnis]];^(TLL) the OLD analyses it as the verb with the suffix ⟨-is⟩, like [[m|la|acclīnis]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ The verb is a compound of [[m|la|re-]] and [[m|la|clīnō|t=to bend]], which goes back to [[itc-pro|*kl(e)in-e/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*ḱl-n(e)-i-|t=to lean to, bend]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[grc|κλίνω|tr=klínō|t=to cause to lean]] and [[ang|hlinian|t=to lean]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler records it first in Ovid;^(Köbler 2010) in the ''Metamorphoses'' Venus lies with her neck resting in the lap of Adonis, ''positā cervīce reclīnis'', although some manuscripts read a different word there.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Lewis and Short call it a poetic word of the Augustan age, absent from Virgil and Horace.^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is used of people and animals leaning or lying back, often for support: Manilius has Andromeda bound to the rock ''nivea cervice reclinis'', Martial someone lying back on the grass, and Tacitus Nero reclining at a banquet.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Statius applies it to the river Volturnus leaning on the arch of a bridge.^(TLL)

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+ Later it is also said of things: Palladius has a projecting shelf, and Jerome a reclining chair.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Late writers such as Venantius Fortunatus also inflect it as ''reclīnus, -a, -um'', and manuscripts and editions sometimes give ''reclīvis'' instead.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it of Venus resting her head in the lap of Adonis.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Manilius uses it of Andromeda bound to the rock.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 40–102/103 AD – Martial uses it of a man lying on the grass.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of Nero at a banquet.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * end of 4th/beginning of 5th century AD – Palladius uses it of a projecting shelf.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|lean|alt=Leaning]] or lying back, [[m|en|reclining]] (against something).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Bent back; of things, projecting or sloping back.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[reclīnō]]

+ * [[inclīnis]]

+ * [[acclīnis]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ An Old English glossary renders the plural ''reclines'' with an Old English phrase.^(TLL)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}