fuscina Latin · revision 37025

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈfʊs.kɪ.na]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈfuʃ.ʃi.na]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''fuscina''' ''f'' (genitive fuscinae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The origin is unknown.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) Lewis & Short, Georges and Wiktionary compare [[m|la|furca|t=fork]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is first found in Plautus, in a fragment of the ''Vidularia'',^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010) for a three-pronged fishing spear.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Accius gives it to Triton, who overturns caves with it,^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) and Cicero lists it among the attributes given to the gods; it is Neptune's trident.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010) Juvenal and Suetonius use it for the weapon of the ''retiarius'', the gladiator who fought with net and trident.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Petronius uses it of a fisherman's harpoon.^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010) Its Old High German glosses include “fork” and “fishing spear”.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius gives Triton a trident.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero names it among the gods' attributes.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * before 66 AD – Petronius uses it of a fisherman's harpoon.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 67–c. 127 AD – Juvenal uses it of the trident of a gladiator.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A three-pronged spear for catching fish, a [[m|en|trident]], [[m|en|harpoon]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # The trident as the weapon of sea gods, especially [[m|en|Neptune]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # The trident of the ''retiarius'' in [[m|en|gladiator|alt=gladiatorial]] combat.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[fuscinula]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}