capillaris Latin · revision 4172

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Martial|origins=la capillus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ka.pɪlˈlaː.rɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ka.pilˈlaː.ris]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''capillāris''' (neuter capillāre); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|capillus|-āris|t1=hair]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Etymonline reports de Vaan's doubts about the proposed link between ''capillus'' and [[caput]] “head”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Martial uses the neuter ''capillare'' of a hair pomade.^(TLL)^(Georges 1913) Köbler dates Martial 40–102/103 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant “of the hair”.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Festus records the ''arbor capillaris'', a tree on which cut hair was hung, which Gaffiot explains as the hair of the Vestals after their consecration.^(TLL)^(Gaffiot 2016) The herbal of Pseudo-Apuleius uses ''herba capillaris'' for maidenhair.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ In medieval Latin it meant hair-like, thin and fine, of leaves and grass in botany and in medicine; a medieval anatomy calls the finest veins of the liver ''capillares'' because they are slender like hairs.^(MLW)^(DMLBS) English ''capillary'' is recorded in the 1650s, first in the sense “of the hair”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 40–102/103 AD – Martial uses ''capillare'' “hair pomade”.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 2nd half of the 2nd century AD – Festus records the ''arbor capillaris''.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * end of the 4th century AD – Pseudo-Apuleius names the plant ''herba capillaris''.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 1650s – English ''capillary'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of or relating to the [[m|en|hair]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''herba capillaris'', [[m|en|maidenhair]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Hair-like, very fine, ''venae capillares'', [[m|en|capillary]] veins.^(MLW)^(DMLBS)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # ''capillare'', a hair [[m|en|pomade]].^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[capillare]]

+ * [[capillus]]

+ * [[en|capillary]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}