turicremus Latin · revision 37040

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=la tūs, la cremō}}

+

+ ==Forms==

+ '''tūricremus''' (feminine tūricrema, neuter tūricremum); first/second-declension adjective^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ It is also spelled ''thūricremus''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+

+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|tūs|cremō|-us|t1=incense|t2=to burn]].^(OLD 2012)^(Bianchi & Lelli 2014)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan takes [[m|la|cremō]] to be probably a denominative verb, whose further connections are unclear.^(de Vaan 2008)

+

+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is first found in Lucretius,^(Köbler 2010) of altars on which incense is burnt (''arae'').^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Conte 2010)

+

+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Lewis & Short call it poetic.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Virgil uses it of altars in the ''Aeneid'',^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010) Ovid of hearths (''foci'') in the ''Heroides'' and in the ''Ars amatoria'',^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010) and Lucan of fires (''ignes'').^(Lewis & Short 1879) In British Medieval Latin Walter of Wimborne calls the Virgin Mary an incense-burning altar (''altare thuricremum'').^(DMLBS)

+

+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of altars.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of altars in the ''Aeneid''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it of hearths.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 39–65 AD – Lucan uses it of fires.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+

+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Burning [[m|en|incense]]; on which incense is burnt (of altars, hearths and fires).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+

+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}