pertenuis Latin · revision 36607

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *tnh₂-(e)u-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [pɛrˈtɛ.nu.ɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [perˈtɛː.nu.is]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pertenuis''' (neuter pertenue); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|per-|tenuis|t2=thin]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces that adjective to [[itc-pro|*tn̥(a)u-]] and [[ine-pro|*tnh₂-(e)u-|t=thin]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who uses it six times, mostly figuratively; the TLL notes that it is rare elsewhere.^(TLL) In ''On the Orator'' he says that the art of speaking seems to him either non-existent or very slight.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Cicero uses it of a very slight suspicion, a very slender hope of safety and a flimsy piece of evidence.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In the literal sense of something very thin or fine, Pliny the Elder quotes it from Cato of very fine sand, words not found in Cato's book on farming.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Later authors use it of small feet, a meagre inheritance and a scanty daily living.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a slight art, suspicion and hope.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder quotes it from Cato of fine sand.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Very [[m|en|thin]], narrow or [[m|en|fine]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(figurative)'' Very slight, [[m|en|trifling]], faint.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tenuis]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}