montivagus Latin · revision 35998

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [mɔnˈtɪ.wa.ɡʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [monˈtiː.va.ɡus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''montivagus''' (feminine montivaga, neuter montivagum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|mōns|vagus|t1=mountain|t2=wandering]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The TLL compares a Greek compound of the same meaning, and reports Leumann's view that the second part is the verb [[m|la|vagor|t=to wander]].^(TLL) De Vaan derives the noun from [[itc-pro|*monti-]] and [[ine-pro|*mon-ti-|t=protrusion, height]], and the adjective from [[m|itc-pro|*wago-]], perhaps from [[m|ine-pro|*Huog-o-]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is first found in Lucretius,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) of wild beasts that roam the mountains.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The TLL counts it as a poetic word, apart from a few passages.^(TLL) Cicero, in the ''Tusculan Disputations'', has it of running and ranging over mountains and through woods,^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) and Seneca's tragedies use it of a flock and of Pans.^(TLL) Statius applies it to the guardian of a mountain flock and, as Lewis & Short note, to Diana;^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) later Nemesianus and Avienus have it.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of wild beasts.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of ranging over mountains.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it in his tragedies.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 45–96 AD – Statius uses it of Diana.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Roaming the [[m|en|mountains]], mountain-ranging.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mōns]]

+ * [[vagus]]

+ * [[montānus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}