pulpa Latin · revision 5692

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈpʊɫ.pa]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈpul.pa]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pulpa''' ''f'' (genitive pulpae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*pelpā-|t=meat]], as [[xum|pelmner|t=of meat]] shows that the first vowel was /e/; [[pulmentum]] “relish” goes back to *pelp-mento-.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Beyond Italic its origin is unknown.^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) Etymonline mentions a link with [[pulvis]] “dust”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Cato.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was the fleshy part of an animal body, solid flesh as opposed to bones, as Seneca's breath that dwells not in sinews and flesh but in the vitals, and meat as food, as Martial's “you devour flesh”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Persius used it of the sinful flesh of men.^(Gaffiot 2016) By transfer it was the flesh of fruit.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Döderlein says ''pulpa'' is edible, savoury flesh as opposed to bone, while ''carō'' is flesh in general.^(Döderlein 1874) It survives in [[it|polpa]] and [[es|pulpa]], and [[en|pulp]] “fleshy part of a fruit” was taken from it about 1400.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 34–62 AD – Persius speaks of sinful flesh.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of the flesh of the body.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1400 – English ''pulp'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The fleshy parts of the body, [[m|en|flesh]]; meat.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # The [[m|en|pulp]] of a fruit.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[pulmentum]]

+ * [[pulpamen]]

+ * [[pulpōsus]]

+ * [[pulpāmentum]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[carō]]

+ * [[en|pulp]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein distinguishes ''carō'' (flesh in general), ''pulpa'' (edible flesh, as opposed to bones) and ''viscera'' (everything under the skin).^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}