gigas Latin · revision 4512

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Cicero|origins=grc Γίγας}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈɡɪ.ɡaːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈd͡ʒiː.ɡas]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''gigās''' ''m'' (genitive gigantis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|Γίγας|tr=Gígas|t=giant]],^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) which Köbler considers probably Pre-Greek.^(Köbler 2010) A form [[m|la|gigāns]] is also found.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler records it from Cicero onwards.^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Usually in the plural, the ''Gigantes'' were the mythical race born of Earth, with serpents for legs, who stormed heaven and were struck down by Jupiter's lightning and buried under Etna.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) The singular is used by Ovid.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In medieval Latin it was any giant, a person of huge size, and the Book of Monsters says the Giants were so large they could wade across every sea.^(MLW)^(DMLBS) The Vulgate and the Psalters use it, and Köbler lists Albertus Magnus among its later users.^(Köbler 2010) Through Vulgar Latin ''*gagantem'' and Old French ''geant'' it gave [[en|giant]], recorded around 1300.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses the singular.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1300 – English ''giant'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # One of the [[m|en|Giants]] who fought the Olympian gods.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # A [[m|en|giant]].^(Wiktionary)^(MLW)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|giant]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}