adhaesus Latin · revision 36886

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=la haereō}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''adhaesus''' ''m'' (genitive adhaesūs); fourth declension^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|adhaereō|-tus|t1=to cling, adhere]], a verbal noun.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Bianchi & Lelli 2014) The verb is a compound of [[m|la|haereō|t=to stick]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*χais-ē-]]; he finds no credible cognates outside Italic.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found only in Lucretius,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Lewis & Short 1879) who speaks of the adhesion of dust, ''pulveris adhaesus''.^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Lucretius uses it of the clinging of dust, of the joining of limbs and of moisture.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) The grammarian Nonius later cites it.^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of dust, limbs and moisture clinging together.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|adhesion|alt=Adhesion]], the act or fact of clinging.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Köbler lists a separate adjective ''adhaesus'' “faltering, stammering”, which he refers to the adverb ''adhaesē''.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}