gula Latin · revision 4771

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈɡʊ.ɫa]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈɡuː.la]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''gula''' ''f'' (genitive gulae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The origin is uncertain.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) It is traditionally derived from [[ine-pro|*gʷel-|t=throat, to swallow]], with cognates such as [[sa|गल|tr=gala|t=throat]], but de Vaan finds that this preform would not give ''gula''.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012) He compares [[hy|եկուլ|tr=ekul|t=devoured]] and [[cu|глътати|tr=glŭtati|t=to swallow]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus uses it.^(de Vaan 2008) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Classical Latin it was the throat or gullet, as in Cicero's ''obtortā gulā'' “by the throat” and Sallust's strangling with a noose.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Georges 1913) As the seat of appetite it meant gluttony, as in Cicero's “what a tasteless palate!”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Döderlein contrasts [[faux]], the entrance to the throat.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ In medieval Latin it was also a river mouth and fur from martens' throats.^(Niermeyer 1976) It survives as [[it|gola]] and [[fr|gueule]].^(Wiktionary) Old French ''golet'', a diminutive, gave English ''gullet''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of the throat and of appetite.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1300 – English ''gullet'' is recorded, through Old French ''golet''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The [[m|en|throat]], [[m|en|gullet]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # The palate, appetite; [[m|en|gluttony]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A river mouth; marten fur.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[gulō]]

+ * [[gulōsus]]

+ * [[dēgulō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[gluttō]]

+ * [[en|gullet]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}