crinis Latin · revision 5542

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkriː.nɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈkriː.nis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''crīnis''' ''m'' (genitive crīnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*krisni-]], from [[ine-pro|*kris-ni-]], perhaps from a root *(s)kreys- “to shake”.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan sees a Latin stem *kris- “crest, plume, hair” in it and in [[crista]] and [[crispus]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) Cognate with [[got|𐌿𐍃𐌷𐍂𐌹𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽|tr=ushrisjan|t=to shake out]] and [[ang|hrīs|t=brushwood]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus, who treats it as feminine, and Pacuvius uses it as masculine.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a lock of hair, and in the plural or as a collective the hair of the head, as Accius' “golden locks lie loose”.^(OLD 2012) ''Bereniīcēs crīnis'', the lock of Berenice, was a constellation, as in Catullus.^(OLD 2012) It was also used of things like hair, such as the feelers of animals.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Medieval writers also used it of a horse's mane.^(DMLBS) It survives in [[it|crine]], [[fr|crin]] and [[es|crin]], usually “horsehair”, and Italian ''crino'' gave French ''crinoline'' and [[en|crinoline]] in 1830.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it as a feminine.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 220–130 BC – Pacuvius uses it as a masculine.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus writes of the lock of Berenice.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1830 – English ''crinoline'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A lock of [[m|en|hair]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # (plural or collective) The hair of the head.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Something like hair (feelers).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[crīnālis]]

+ * [[crīniger]]

+ * [[crīnītus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[crīniō]]

+ * [[crīsō]]

+ * [[crispus]]

+ * [[crista]]

+ * [[en|crinoline]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein says that ''crīnis'' and [[capillus]] are hair in a physical sense, ''crīnis'' any growth of hair, ''capillus'' only the hair of the head as against the beard.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}