lingo Latin · revision 5489

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *leyǵʰ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈlɪŋ.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈliŋ.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''lingō''' (present infinitive lingere, perfect active līnxī, supine līnctum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*lingō]], from the nasal present [[ine-pro|*li-n-ǵʰ-|t=to lick]] of the root *leyǵʰ-.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[grc|λείχω|tr=leíkhō|t=to lick]], [[sa|लेढि|tr=léḍhi|t=licks]], [[xcl|լիզեմ|tr=lizem|t=I lick]], [[sga|ligid|t=licks]] and [[en|lick]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to lick or lick up, as honey in Plautus, and Catullus also uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The Vulgate uses it of the dogs that licked Lazarus' sores.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ It survives in Romanian ''linge'' and in [[it|lingere]].^(Wiktionary) Its derivatives include [[ligūriō]] “to lick, eat daintily” and the compound [[cunnilingus]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 390–406 AD – the Vulgate uses it of dogs licking Lazarus' sores.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|lick]], lick up.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dēlingō]]

+ * [[ēlingō]]

+ * [[ligūriō]]

+ * [[ligurriō]]

+ * [[līnctus]]

+ * [[oblingō]]

+ * [[cunnilingus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|lick]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein distinguishes ''lingere'', licking to taste, from [[lambō|alt=lambere]], using the tongue like a hand to touch or take hold of something.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}