iligneus Latin · revision 34778

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''īligneus''' (feminine īlignea, neuter īligneum); first/second-declension adjective^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The OLD explains it as a variant of [[m|la|īlignus|t=of the holm-oak]] with the suffix [[m|la|-eus]];^(OLD 2012) the TLL derives it from [[m|la|īlex|t=holm-oak]].^(TLL) De Vaan finds no etymology for the noun, and takes ⟨īlignus⟩ to come from a pre-syncope form [[m|itc-pro|*īlik-ino-s]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler and the TLL record it first in Cato's treatise on agriculture,^(Köbler 2010)^(TLL) which uses it of things made of holm-oak wood (such as the dowels called ''subscudes'') and of holm-oak leaves to be gathered as litter when straw runs short.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The TLL separates two uses: things made of the wood or leaves of the holm-oak (dowels, levers and tool handles in Cato and Columella, holm-oak sawdust for storing pomegranates in Columella), and things belonging to the tree itself (its foliage and acorns).^(TLL) Georges, Gaffiot and Conte treat it together with [[īlignus]] and the rarer ''īliceus'', all meaning “of holm-oak”.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Conte 2010) A line of Caecilius Statius may have it, but editors read ''iligna'' there.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of holm-oak dowels and holm-oak leaves.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it of tool handles, sawdust, foliage and acorns.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder has it in the ''Natural History''.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 6th century AD – Priscian mentions the form in his grammar.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Made of the wood or leaves of the [[m|en|holm oak|alt=holm-oak]] ([[īlex]]).^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Of or belonging to the holm-oak (of its foliage or acorns).^(TLL)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}