paeninsula Latin · revision 4058

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Catullus|origins=la paene, la īnsula}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [pae̯ˈnĩː.sʊ.ɫa]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [peˈnin.su.la]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''paenīnsula''' ''f'' (genitive paenīnsulae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|paene|īnsula|t1=almost|t2=island]], “almost an island”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Georges 1913) Catullus and some texts of Livy keep the phrase [[m|la|paene īnsula]] unjoined, and a spelling [[m|la|pēnīnsula]] is found.^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Catullus writes it as two words, ''paene insula''.^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler's first source is Livy (59 BC–17 AD).^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a peninsula, as in Livy, Pliny and Mela.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Wiktionary says Livy coined the compound.^(Wiktionary)

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+ The Romance languages continue it as learned words, as French [[m|fr|péninsule]] and Italian [[m|it|penisola]].^(Wiktionary) English ''peninsula'' was borrowed in the 1530s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus writes ''paene insula''.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1530s – English ''peninsula'' is borrowed.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|peninsula]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[paene]]

+ * [[insula]]

+ * [[en|peninsula]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}