salignus Latin · revision 35728

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [saˈlɪŋ.nʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [saˈliɲ.ɲus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''salignus''' (feminine saligna, neuter salignum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ A collateral form ⟨salignĕus⟩ is found in Cato, Columella and the ''Digest''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|salix|-nus|t1=willow]], formed like [[m|la|lārignus]] and [[m|la|īlignus]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Georges 1913) De Vaan lists it among the derivatives of [[m|la|salix]], which goes back to [[itc-pro|*salik-|t=willow]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognates of that noun are [[sga|sail]] and [[cy|helyg]], [[grc|ἑλίκη|tr=helíkē]] in Arcadian, and [[ang|sealh]], all “willow”; de Vaan thinks the shape of the word and its narrow distribution point to a non-Indo-European tree name.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found first in Cato,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) who speaks of wedges of willow wood in his treatise on agriculture.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The word means made of willow wood or of withies.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Horace has a willow cudgel, Ovid willow spits, a willow bed and willow foliage, and Vitruvius willow stakes;^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Virgil has willow wickerwork bent for shields, and Petronius a wicker hurdle.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

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+ In medieval Latin it still meant “of willow”: Aldhelm has a lantern built of willow wood, and in British sources the feminine is also used as a noun for the willow or osier itself.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato speaks of willow wedges.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of willow wickerwork for shields.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace has a willow cudgel.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid has willow spits and a willow bed.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 639–709 AD – Aldhelm has a lantern of willow wood.^(DMLBS)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of [[m|en|willow]] or willow wood; made of [[m|en|withy|alt=withies]] or [[m|en|osier]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(Medieval Latin, feminine)'' A willow, osier.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[salix]]

+ * [[salictum]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}