pellitus Latin · revision 36545

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la pellis}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pellītus''' (feminine pellīta, neuter pellītum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|pellis|-ītus|t1=skin, hide]],^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) a derivation already explained by the grammarian Priscian.^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|pellis]] to [[itc-pro|*pelni-]] and [[ine-pro|*pel-ni-|t=skin, hide]], from a root that may have meant “to strip, skin”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL finds it from Cicero, Varro and Horace on,^(TLL) and de Vaan from Varro;^(de Vaan 2008) Köbler lists it from Cato.^(Köbler 2010) Cicero uses it of the [[m|en|witnesses]] from Sardinia, where skins served as clothing.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant [[m|en|clad]] in skins, often with a note of contempt:^(TLL) Livy speaks of skin-clad Sardinians and Propertius of the skin-clad senators of early Rome.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Varro and Horace use it of sheep covered with skins to protect their fine wool.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ Prudentius has garments of skin,^(Lewis & Short 1879) and Macrobius applies it to [[m|en|webbed]] wings.^(Georges 1913) In British medieval Latin it described cloth trimmed or lined with fur.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero speaks of skin-clad witnesses from Sardinia.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of sheep covered with skins.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy speaks of skin-clad Sardinians.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 57/46–12 BC – Propertius uses it of the senators of early Rome.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 348/49–c. 413 AD – Prudentius uses it of garments of skin.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st half of the 5th century AD – Macrobius uses it of webbed wings.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1553 – A British record uses it of camlet lined with fur.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|clothed|alt=Clothed]] or covered with [[m|en|skin|alt=skins]] or [[m|en|fur|alt=furs]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Of sheep: covered with a skin to protect the [[m|en|fleece]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

+ # ''(Late Latin)'' [[m|en|webbed|alt=Webbed]].^(Georges 1913)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Trimmed or lined with fur.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}