pannus Latin · revision 4947

+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|attested=Plautus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈpan.nʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈpan.nus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pannus''' ''m'' (genitive pannī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Ennius and Pomponius have the ablative plural ''pannibus'', and Novius has a neuter ''pannum''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The origin is uncertain.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) It resembles [[grc|πῆνος|tr=pênos|t=woven cloth]] and [[got|𐍆𐌰𐌽𐌰|tr=fana|t=cloth]], with [[goh|fano|t=cloth]] and [[ang|fana|t=banner]], but the vowels and the double /n/ cannot come from one PIE form, so they are probably loanwords from an unknown source.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus speaks of living on dirty bread in rags.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Classical Latin it was a piece of cloth or a rag, as Cato's oily rag, a bandage or compress, as in Columella, and scornfully a scanty garment.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In the plural it was worn-out clothes, rags.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In medieval Latin it was cloth, a measured piece of cloth, a tapestry and a flap of a garment.^(Niermeyer 1976) Through Old French ''pan'' it gave English ''pane'', at first a piece of a garment, and through Vulgar Latin *pannellus ''panel''.^(Etymonline) It survives as [[it|panno]] and [[es|paño]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of rags.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses an oily rag.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 14th century – English ''panel'' “piece of cloth” is recorded.^(Etymonline)

+ * mid-13th century – English ''pane'' “part of a garment” is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A piece of [[m|en|cloth]], a [[m|en|rag]]; a bandage.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # A scanty garment.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(plural)'' Rags, tattered clothes.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Cloth; a piece of cloth; a [[m|en|tapestry]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[pannifex]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|pane]]

+ * [[en|panel]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}