tilia Latin · revision 35776

+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|formation=borrowing|attested=70–19 BC, Virgil}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈtɪ.li.a]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈtiː.li.a]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''tilia''' ''f'' (genitive tiliae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The origin is uncertain.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) De Vaan finds only one close cognate, [[grc|πτελέα|tr=pteléa|t=elm]]; either both words were borrowed from a third language, or Latin took the Greek word as ⟨*telia⟩ and changed its meaning to the lime tree.^(de Vaan 2008) Wiktionary likewise thinks of a Mediterranean substrate word, also seen in [[xcl|թեղի|tr=tʻełi]].^(Wiktionary) Köbler cites Pokorny's [[ine-pro|*ptelei̯ā|t=a tree]].^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler record it first in Virgil,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) for the [[m|en|linden|alt=lime tree]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Besides the tree it named its inner bark, which Pliny the Elder describes and which was used for medical applications and as a writing material: Ulpian counts books written ''in tiliā'' beside those on papyrus or other materials.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Pliny also applies the word to the inner bark of the elm.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil names the lime tree.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder describes its inner bark.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * before 223 AD – Ulpian mentions books written on lime bark.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The [[m|en|linden]] or [[m|en|lime tree]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # The inner [[m|en|bark]] of the lime, also of other trees, used as a writing material or in medicine.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[tiliāgineus]]

+ * [[tiliāris]]

+ * [[tiliāceus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}