corolla Latin · revision 36834

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=204–169 BC, Ennius|origins=la corōna}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''corolla''' ''f'' (genitive corollae); first declension^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ Georges marks the ''o'' long, ''corōlla''; the OLD, Lewis and Short and Conte have it short.^(Georges 1913)^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|corōna|-la|t1=garland, crown]], a diminutive.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010) The epitome of Festus by Paul the Deacon already explains it as a diminutive of [[m|la|corōna]].^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The earliest instance is a fragment of Ennius in which soft men go to plait a garland for Venus, ''veneriam corollam''.^(TLL)^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a small garland of flowers or leaves, but the TLL notes that its diminutive force was mostly lost.^(TLL) Garlands were worn at revels and banquets and offered to the gods: Plautus speaks of lavish garlands and of walking drunk with a garland on, Catullus of a house hung with flowery garlands, and Propertius of garlands taken off the brow.^(TLL) Paul's epitome of Festus says that a bride carried under her cloak a garland of flowers, verbena and herbs she had gathered herself,^(TLL) and Pliny the Elder mentions a woman selling garlands in Egypt.^(TLL)^(Georges 1913) Isidore reports that Lucilius used it, as Homer used [[grc|στεφάνη|tr=stephánē]], for a mark of victory,^(TLL) and Varro of a prize for actors.^(TLL) Lewis and Short call it mostly poetic.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Medieval writers used it for a little crown,^(MLW)^(DMLBS) and Alexander Neckam perhaps for a caul or hair-net.^(DMLBS) The TLL notes a dialectal Italian ''corolla''.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it of a garland for Venus.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of garlands at revels.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus uses it of flowery garlands hung on a house.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 57/46–12 BC – Propertius uses it of garlands worn at feasts.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder mentions a woman selling garlands.^(TLL)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it of garlands of roses.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A small [[m|en|wreath]] or [[m|en|garland]], usually of flowers, worn at feasts or offered to the gods.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

+ # A garland as a mark of [[m|en|victory]] or as a prize.^(TLL)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A little [[m|en|crown]].^(MLW)^(DMLBS)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Perhaps a [[m|en|caul]] or hair-net.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[corōllāria]]

+ * [[corōllārium]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[corōna]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}