planeta Latin · revision 4334

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Firmicus Maternus|origins=grc πλανάομαι}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [pɫaˈneː.ta]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [plaˈnɛː.ta]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''planēta''' ''m'' (genitive planētae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|πλανήτης|tr=planḗtēs|t=wanderer, planet]],^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) from [[m|grc|πλανάομαι|tr=planáomai|t=to wander]].^(Etymonline) The OLD treats it with the other form [[m|la|planēs]], from Greek [[grc|πλάνης|tr=plánēs]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Firmicus Maternus uses the plural ''planētae'' in his astrology.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates him 343/350 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Lewis & Short note it is Late Latin, used in the plural only, for the classical ''stellae errantēs'' “wandering stars”.^(Lewis & Short 1879) The TLL also finds mostly the plural.^(TLL) Servius uses it in his commentary on Virgil.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In medieval astronomy the planets were the seven wandering stars, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, and the word was sometimes feminine.^(DMLBS) In medieval Latin ''planēta'' was also a rain cloak worn by laymen and a chasuble.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Köbler 2010) English ''planet'' is found in late Old English.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 343/350 AD – Firmicus Maternus uses ''planētae''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late Old English – Borrowed as [[m|en|planet]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|planet]], wandering star.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A rain cloak; a [[m|en|chasuble]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[planetarius]]

+ * [[planeticus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|planet]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}