angulus Latin · revision 5640

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₂eng-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈaŋ.ɡʊ.ɫʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈaŋ.ɡu.lus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''angulus''' ''m'' (genitive angulī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*ang(e)lo-]], [[inh|ine-pro|*h₂eng-(e)lo-|t=corner]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[xum|anglome|t=into the corner]], [[xcl|անկիւն|tr=ankiwn|t=corner]], [[cu|ѫгълъ|tr=ǫgŭlŭ|t=corner]] and [[goh|anchal|t=ankle]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) The root is close in form and meaning to *h₂enk- “to bend” of [[ancus]] and [[grc|ἀγκύλος|tr=ankýlos|t=bent]], but neither can be derived regularly from the other.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Plautus, who has something hidden in the kitchen, in the corner on the left.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a corner, the junction of two edges or surfaces, as Caesar's raft anchored at its four corners, and the corner of a room or building.^(OLD 2012) In geometry it was an angle, acute or obtuse in Lucretius and Pliny.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) Figuratively it was a small, remote part of a country, a nook or retired place, as opposed to public life, as Cicero speaks of youths drawn from every corner.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ The ''Appendix Probi'' censures the syncopated ''anglus''.^(Appendix Probi) It survives in [[fr|angle]] and Romanian ''unghi'', and [[en|angle]] came from French and Latin in the late 14th century, with [[en|triangle]] from ''triangulum''.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus speaks of a corner of the kitchen.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar has a raft anchored at its four corners.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius speaks of an obtuse angle.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''angle'' and ''triangle'' are recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An [[m|en|angle]] (in geometry).^(OLD 2012)

+ # A [[m|en|corner]], the junction of two edges or surfaces.^(OLD 2012)

+ # The corner of a room or building.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A remote part of a country; a nook, a retired place.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[angellus]]

+ * [[angulāris]]

+ * [[angulārius]]

+ * [[angulātim]]

+ * [[angulatus]]

+ * [[angulō]]

+ * [[angulōsus]]

+ * [[quadriangulus]]

+ * [[triangulus]]

+ * [[directiangulus]]

+ * [[multangulus]]

+ * [[obtūsiangulus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ancus]]

+ * [[en|angle]]

+ * [[en|triangle]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Isidore explains it as the place where two walls are joined.^(Isidore)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}