deverticulum Latin · revision 35786

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la vertō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [deː.wɛrˈtɪ.kʊ.ɫũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [de.verˈtiː.ku.lum]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēverticulum''' ''n'' (genitive dēverticulī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Manuscripts and editions of Plautus and Terence usually spell it ⟨dēvorticulum⟩.^(OLD 2012)

+ The spelling ⟨dīverticulum⟩ is found in Pliny the Elder and in many manuscripts.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dēvertō|-culum|t1=to turn aside; to put up at an inn]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) That verb is a compound of [[m|la|dē-]] and [[m|la|vertō|t=to turn]], which goes back to [[itc-pro|*wert-e/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*uert-e/o-|t=to turn]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is first found in Plautus,^(Köbler 2010) of a way out: in the ''Captivi'' a speaker says there is no shelter for boldness and no way of escape for tricks.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its basic sense is a turning off the main road, a byway: Terence has a speaker who reached the turning and stopped, and Cicero asks what byways and windings someone sought.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Servius explains ''dēverticula'' as side paths off a military road.^(TLL) It was also used of a branch of an aqueduct or river, in Pliny the Elder, Frontinus and the Digest.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Figuratively it meant a deviation from the right course, a circumlocution, a loophole or means of evasion, and a digression in speech or writing, as when Livy seeks pleasant digressions for his readers.^(OLD 2012) Because travellers turned off the road to stay the night, it also meant an inn or resting place;^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) Tacitus has Nero roaming the streets, brothels and such resorts.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of a means of escape.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of a turning off the road.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of byways and of a loophole.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of a digression and of a resting place.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it of a circumlocution.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of resorts.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A turning off the main road, a [[m|en|byway]];^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) a branch (of an aqueduct or river).^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(figurative)'' A deviation;^(OLD 2012) a [[m|en|circumlocution]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # A means of evasion, a [[m|en|loophole]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # A [[m|en|digression]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A place to stop on a journey, an [[m|en|inn]], lodging.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dēvertō]]

+ * [[dēversus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}