pilosus Latin · revision 4333

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Lucilius|origins=la pilus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [pɪˈɫoː.sʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [piˈlɔː.s̬us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pilōsus''' (feminine pilōsa, neuter pilōsum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|pilus|-ōsus|t1=a hair]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates its first use to Lucilius, c. 180–102 BC.^(Köbler 2010) Varro says the sheep has a hairy belly.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant covered with hair, hairy, shaggy, of animals, people and leaves, as Pliny's hairier leaves.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Hairiness marked uncouthness: Cicero mocks Piso's hairy cheeks, and Juvenal hairy nostrils.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ In the Vulgate ''pilōsus'' as a noun was a hairy monster, a satyr or demon.^(Köbler 2010)^(Niermeyer 1976) Medieval British writers also used it of Esau.^(DMLBS) English ''pilose'' came in 1753, and Etymonline traces ''caterpillar'' to Old North French ''caterpilose'', from Late Latin ''catta pilōsa'' “hairy cat”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero mocks Piso's hairy cheeks.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 390–406 AD – The Vulgate uses it as a noun for a hairy demon.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-15th century – English ''caterpillar'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|hairy]], shaggy.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Uncouth, unkempt.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' A hairy monster, satyr, demon.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pilus]]

+ * [[en|caterpillar]]

+ * [[en|pilose]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}