badius Latin · revision 4802

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈba.di.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈbaː.di.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''badius''' (feminine badia, neuter badium); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*boþjo-]].^(de Vaan 2008) The ⟨di⟩ points to an original voiced aspirate, as in [[medius]], and de Vaan connects it with [[sga|buide|t=yellow]], from Proto-Celtic *bod-io-.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) Because the word is limited to Latin and Celtic and begins with /b/, a PIE origin is unlikely.^(de Vaan 2008) Wiktionary notes the superficial resemblance to a PIE *bodyos “yellow, brown”.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Varro uses it, and it is rare.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Latin it was a colour of horses, bay or chestnut.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Palladius and Isidore still use it, and a gloss calls it the colour of a swallow.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Medieval writers used it of bay horses.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS) Through Anglo-French ''bai'' it gave English ''bay'' “reddish-brown”.^(Etymonline) It survives as [[it|baio]], [[fr|bai]] and [[es|bayo]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-14th century – English ''bay'' “reddish-brown” is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of horses, [[m|en|bay]], [[m|en|chestnut]]-coloured.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|bay]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}