centralis Latin · revision 4444

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Pliny the Elder|origins=grc κέντρον}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kɛnˈtraː.lɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [t͡ʃenˈtraː.lis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''centrālis''' (neuter centrāle, adverb centrāliter); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|centrum|-ālis|t1=centre]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Etymonline) [[m|la|centrum]] is [[bor|grc|κέντρον|tr=kéntron|t=sharp point; centre of a circle]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Pliny the Elder, in his Natural History, calls the earth central.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates him 23/24–79 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant placed at the centre, and was rare in Classical Latin.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) Martianus Capella uses the neuter ''centrāle'' as a noun for the centre of a circle.^(TLL)

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+ Medieval writers used it of what lies in the middle, as the central sign in Albertus Magnus, and British writers also of what is internal.^(MLW)^(DMLBS) [[en|central]] is recorded in the 1640s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder calls the earth central.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1640s – English ''central'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Situated at the centre, [[m|en|central]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Internal.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[centrum]]

+ * [[en|central]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}