sensifer Latin · revision 35730

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=la sēnsus, la ferō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈsẽː.sɪ.fɛr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈsɛn.si.fer]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sēnsifer''' (feminine sēnsifera, neuter sēnsiferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|sēnsus|-fer|t1=feeling, sensation|t2=bearing]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler derives the second part from [[m|la|ferō|t=to bear, carry]].^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found in Lucretius,^(Köbler 2010) who uses it of the motions that carry sensation (''sēnsiferī mōtūs'').^(Conte 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The dictionaries quote it only from three passages in the third book of Lucretius, all of the motions in the body that produce sensation.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of the motions that bring sensation.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Producing or carrying [[m|en|sensation]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sēnsus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}