virgatus Latin · revision 36332

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81/79–52/50 BC, Catullus|origins=la virga}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [wɪrˈɡaː.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [virˈɡaː.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''virgātus''' (feminine virgāta, neuter virgātum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|virga|-ātus|t1=twig, rod; stripe|t2=adjective suffix]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The origin of [[m|la|virga]] is uncertain; de Vaan finds only Germanic words such as [[non|visk|t=wisp]] and [[goh|wisc|t=wisp]] close enough to make a connection likely.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is first found in Catullus,^(Köbler 2010) of baskets made of twigs (''virgātī calathiscī'').^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Since [[m|la|virga]] also meant a coloured stripe, the adjective came to mean “striped”.^(Georges 1913) Virgil writes ''Gallī … virgātīs lūcent sagulīs'', “the Gauls gleam in striped cloaks” (''Aeneid'' 8.660); Propertius has striped trousers, and Seneca and Silius Italicus use it of the tiger's stripes;^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) Valerius Flaccus applies it to brides in striped clothes.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ In Medieval Latin it was used of striped cloth, which church statutes forbade to clerics, as in a Scottish council of the 13th century^(DMLBS) and statutes of Pope Innocent IV and of the church of Girona.^(Du Cange 1883) Du Cange compares Italian [[m|it|vergato]].^(Du Cange 1883)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus uses it of wicker baskets.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of the striped cloaks of the Gauls.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–AD 65 – Seneca uses it of striped tigers.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 13th century – Scottish church statutes forbid clerics striped cloth.^(DMLBS)

+ * 1274 – Statutes of the church of Girona list striped tunics among forbidden clothing.^(Du Cange 1883)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Made of [[m|en|twig|alt=twigs]], [[m|en|wicker]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # [[m|en|striped|alt=Striped]], having bands of colour; wearing striped clothes.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[virga]]

+ * [[virgātor]]

+ * [[virgētum]]

+ * [[virgeus]]

+ * [[vīrgidēmia]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}