pulmentarium Latin · revision 34689

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=234–149 BC, Cato|origins=la pulmentum}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pulmentārium''' ''n'' (genitive pulmentāriī or pulmentārī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|pulmentum|-ārium|t1=small portion of meat or fish]].^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan derives [[m|la|pulmentum]] from an older [[itc-pro|*pelp-mento-]], with /e/ in the first syllable as [[xum|pelmner|t=of meat]] shows, and relates it to [[m|la|pulpa|t=flesh]].^(de Vaan 2008) Wiktionary instead derives it from [[m|la|puls|t=porridge]].^(Wiktionary) In antiquity Varro took it from the word for a meat portion, while Pliny the Elder and Isidore took it from the word for porridge.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Cato on,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) for something eaten with bread or with a main dish as a relish.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The OLD defines it as anything used to flavour a meal, such as a vegetable or condiment;^(OLD 2012) Seneca has dried figs serving as a relish.^(Conte 2010) Columella uses it of birds' feed,^(Lewis & Short 1879) and Horace's advice to seek one's relish by sweating gave it the broader sense of food in general, which the Vulgate also has.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

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+ Ecclesiastical Latin used it simply for food, anything to eat,^(Stelten 1995) and in British Medieval Latin it meant a dish of cooked food.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it in his work on farming.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace tells his hearers to seek their relish by sweating.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it of birds' feed.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 390–406 AD – The Vulgate uses it for food.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Anything eaten as a [[m|en|relish]] with bread or a main dish; a [[m|en|condiment]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Feed for birds.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Food in general.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A dish of cooked food.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pulpa]]

+ * [[puls]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}