longurius Latin · revision 36026

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 50 BC, Caesar|origins=ine-pro *dlongh-o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɫɔŋˈɡʊ.ri.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [loŋˈɡuː.ri.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''longurius''' ''m'' (genitive longuriī or longurī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Some manuscripts of Varro spell it ⟨longorius⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[der|la|longus|t=long]],^(Wiktionary)^(Georges 1913)^(TLL) but the TLL finds the formation unclear;^(TLL) the OLD explains it like [[longurio|alt=longuriō]] “a tall person”.^(OLD 2012) The adjective goes back to [[itc-pro|*(d)longo-]] and [[ine-pro|*dlongh-o-|t=long]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Caesar,^(Köbler 2010) and it also appears in Varro's work on farming.^(TLL)^(Georges 1913) Varro describes a kind of fence made of stakes with holes, through which long poles are passed, two or three at a time, and in stables poles set between the mares to keep them from fighting.^(TLL)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The TLL glosses it as a longer [[pertica]], a pole.^(TLL) In Caesar's ''Gallic War'' sharpened hooks are fastened onto long poles, and in the account of building the bridge over the Rhine the timbers are covered with poles and hurdles.^(TLL)^(Georges 1913) In the ''Civil War'' hurdles and poles laid in the way hinder a retreat.^(TLL)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar writes of hooks fixed on long poles.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of poles in fences and stables.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A long [[m|en|pole]] or [[m|en|rod]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[longus]]

+ * [[longurio|alt=longuriō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}